CONHDENTIAL. 


ISO.  33. 


PROCEEDINGS 


OF    THE 


General  /Managers' 
Association 


CHICAGO. 


CHICAGO,  JUNE  25, 1894. 

TO  JULY  14,  1894. 


EIT,  LEONAED  &  CO.,  PRS.-Cni, 


LIST  OF  RAILWAYS  MEMBERS  OF  THE  ASSOCIATION. 


Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroad. 

Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad. 

Calumet  &  Blue  Island  Railroad. 

Chicago  &  Alton  Railroad. 

Chicago  &  Erie  Railroad. 

Chicago  &  Eastern  Illinois  Railroad. 

Chicago  &  Western  Indiana  Railroad  and 

the  Belt  Railway  of  Chicago. 
Chicago  &  Grand  Trunk  Railway. 
Chicago  &  North-Western  Railway. 
Chicago,  Burlington  &  Ouincy  Railroad. 
Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  Railway. 
Chicago,  Rock  Island  &  Pacific  Railway. 
Chicago  Great  Western  Railway. 
Chicago  &  Northern  Pacific  Railway. 
Illinois  Central  Railroad. 
Louisville,  New  Albany  &  Chicago  Railway. 
Lake  Shore  &  Michigan  Southern  Railway. 
Michigan  Central  Railroad. 
New  York,  Chicago  &  St.  Louis  Railroad. 
Pittsburg,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  &  St.  Louis  Railway. 
Pittsburg,  Ft.  Wayne  &  Chicago  Railway. 
Union  Stock  Yard  &  Transit  Co. 
Wisconsin  Central  Lines. 
Wabash  Railroad.  • 


E.  St.  John, 

Chairman. 


C.  H.  Chappell,] 
Joseph  Wood, 
B.  Thomas, 
W.  H.  McDoEr,, 

W.  F.  JlERRILL, 


Executive 
Committee. 


GENERAL  MANAGERS"  ASSOCIATION. 


Chic.'^GO,  June  25,  1894. 

MINUTES  of  a  special  meeting  of  the  General  Managers'  Associa- 
tion, held  at  the   Rookery  Building,  Chicago.  June  25,  1894.  at 
2  P.  M.,  Mr.  St.  John,  Chairman,  presiding.     Present: 

(  D.  B.  Robinson,  ist  Vice-Prest. 
(  J.  J.  Frey.  Gen.  Mgr. 

J.  Van  Siniith,  Gen.  Supt. 

C.  H.  Chappell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

-  J.  C.  MooRHEAD,  Gen.  Supt. 
B.  Thomas,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 
A.  B.  Atwater,  Gen.  Supt. 

-  J.  M.  Whitman,  Gen.  Mgr. 
\  Geo.  B.  Harris,  Vice-Prest. 
'i  W.  F.  Merrill,  Gen.  Mgr. 

-      A.  J.  Earling,  Gen.  Mgr. 
\  R.  R.  Cable,  Prest. 
'  E.  St.  John,  Gen.  Mgr. 
\V.  G.  Brimson,  Prest,  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

-  S.  R.  Ainslie,  Gen.  Mgr. 
J.  T.  HARAHAN,2d  Vice-Prest. 

-  \V.  H.  McDoel.  Gen.  Mgr. 
A.  B.  Newell.  Supt. 

-  J.  H.  Snyder,  Supt. 
A.  W.  Johnston,  Gen.  Supt. 

-Chas.  Watts,  Gen.  Supt. 


A.,  T.  eH:  S.  F.  Ry., 

B.  &0.  R.  R.,     - 
Chi.  &  Alton, 
Chi.  8c  Erie, 

C.  &W.  Ind.,      - 
C.  &  G.  T.. 

C.  &  N.-W.  Ry.,     - 

C,  B.  &  Q.  R.  R., 
C,  M.  &  St.  P.  Ry., 
C,  R.  I.  &  P.  Ry., 


Cal.  &B.  I., 
C.  &  N.  P.,     - 
111.  Cent.,     - 
L.,  N.  A.  &  C, 
L.  S.  &  M.  S.,       - 
Mich.  Cent.,     - 
N.  Y.,  C.  &  St.  L., 
P.,C.,C.  &  St.  L., 
P.,  F.  W.  &  C,      - 

Wis.  Cent., 


\  H.  F.  Whitcomb,  Gen.  Mgr. 

(  S.  J.  Collins,  Gen.  Supt. 
Wabash  R.  R.      -      -       -      -     Chas.  M.  Hays,  Gen.  Mgr. 
Also: 

E.  T.  JEFFERY,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr.  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Ry. 
E.  Dickinson,  Gen.  Mgr.  Union  Pacific  Ry. 


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The  call  for  the  meeting  was  read,  as  follows  : 

Chicago,  June  22,  1894. 
Dear  Sir  :    An  emergency  meeting  of  the  General  Managers'  Associa- 
tion is  hereby  called  for  Monday,  June  25th,  at  2  p.  M.,  the  Rookery  Build- 
ing, Chicago.  E.  ST.  JOHN, 

ChaivDian. 

The  Chairman  stated  that  the  meeting  had  been  called  to  consider  the 
statements  which  had  been  published  that  at  12  o'clock  on  the  following 
day,  a  boycott  on  the  Pullman  cars  operated  by  the  various  lines,  would  be 
declared  by  the  American  Railway  Union,  and  that  the  meeting  was  now 
open  for  discussion  and  such  action  as  might  be  deemed  necessary. 

The  matter  was  then  generally  discussed,  and  upon  motion  duly  sec- 
onded, the  following  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted  : 

Whereas,  We  learn  through  the  public  press  that  the  American  Rail- 
way Union  will  declare  a  boycott  on  all  Pullman  palace  cars:  and 

Whereas,  Said  boycott  is  in  relation  to  matters  over  which  we  have  no 
control,  and  in  which  we  have  no  interest  whatever;  and 

Whereas,  It  is  stated  that  the  object  and  intent  of  the  said  boycott  is 
to  discommode  the  traveling  public  and  embarrass  the  railroads  in  the 
belief  that  the  public  and  the  railroads  affected  will  influence  the  settle- 
ment of  the  question  as  the  American  Railway  Union  desires;  and 

Whereas,  It  is  necessary  that  these  companies  determine  for  them- 
selves what  cars  they  shall  or  shall  not  handle;  and 

Whereas,  It  is  important  that  the  traveling  public  should  understand 
the  position  of  the  railroads  in  this  matter: 

TJie7-efo7-c,  be  it  Resolved,  That  it  is  the  sense  of  this  meeting  that  the 
said  proposed  boycott,  being  confessedly  not  in  the  interest  of  any  em- 
ployes of  said  railroad  companies,  or  on  account  of  any  grievance  between 
said  railroad  companies  and  said  employes,  is  unjustifiable  and  un- 
warranted. 

2nd.  That  the  employes  of  said  railway  companies  cannot  nor  can 
any  of  them  with  propriety  embarrass  said  companies  nor  discommode 
the  traveling  public  because  of  their  sympathy  with  the  supposed  wrongs 
of  employes  engaged  in  a  wholly  different  class  of  labor. 

3d.  That  we  hereby  declare  it  to  be  the  lawful  right  and  duty  of  the 
said  railway  companies  to  protest  against  said  proposed  boycott ;  to  resist 
the  same  in  the  interest  of  their  existing  contracts  and  for  the  beneht  of 
the  traveling  public,  and  that  we  will  act  unitedly  to  that  end. 


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It  was  moved  and  seconded  that  in  view  of  the  fact  that  the  resolution 
creating  Committee  No.  3  contemplated  that  its  members  be  residents  of 
Chicago,  the  Chair  appoint  three  new  members  in  place  of  those  not  now 
residing  here,  or  not  now  belonging  to  the  Association. 

Carried. 

The  Chair  appointed  as  such  new  members  Messrs.  W.  H.  McDoel, 
J.  T.  Harahan,  and  J.  Van  Smith,  making  the  Committee  consist  of 
Messrs.  G.  B.  Harris,  C.  H.  Chappell,  W.  H.  McUoel,  J.  T.  Harahan 
and  }.  Van  Smith. 

The  meeting  then  adjourned  to  3:30  the  following  day. 

E.  ST.  JOHN, 
Chas.  p.  Dawley,  Chairman. 

Secretary. 


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GENERAL  MANAGERS'  ASSOCIATION. 


MINUTES  OF  SPECIAL  MEETING. 


MINUTES    of  Spec 
Chicago,  June  26, 
ment   from   the   previous 
Present : 
A.,  T.  &S.  F.,      - 

B.  &  O.,     - 

C.  &  B.  I.,     - 
Chi.  &  Alton,     - 
Chi.  &  Erie, 

Chi.  &E.  111., 

C.  &  G.  T.,  - 
C.  &  N.  W.,       - 
C.,B.  &0., 
C,  M.  &St.  P., 
C.,R.  I.  &P.,       - 
Chi.  Gt.  Western, 
C.  &  N.  P.,  - 
111.  Central, 
L.,  N.  A.  &  C,     - 
L.  S.  &  M.  S.,   - 
Mich.  Central, 
N.  Y.,C.  &  St.  L.,    - 
P.,  Ft.  W.  &  C,  - 
P.,C.,  C.  &St.  L.,    - 
Wis.  Central, 
Wabash  R.  R., 


June  26,  1894. 
ial   Meeting  held  at   732    Rookery    Building, 
1894,  at  3:30  o'clock  P.  M.,  pursuant  to  adjourn- 
day.     Mr.    ST.    JOHN,    Chairman,    presiding. 

-  D.  B.  Robinson,  ist  Vice-Prest. 
\  R.  B.  Campbell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

(  J.  Van  Smith,  Gen.  Supt. 

W.  G.  Brimson,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

C.  H.  Chappell,  Gen.  Mgr, 

J.  C.  MooRHEAD,  Gen.  Supt. 
j  M.  J.  Carpenter,  Prest.  and  G.  M. 
i  W.  H.  Lyford,  Gen.  Counsel. 

A.  B.  Atwater,  Gen.  Supt. 

J.  M.  Whitman,  Gen.  Mgr. 

W.  F.  Merrill,  Gen.  Mgr. 

A.  J.  Earling,  Gen.  Mgr. 

E.  St.  John,  Gen.  Mgr. 

J.  A.  Kelly,  Supt. 

S.  R.  Ainslie,  Gen.  Mgr. 

J.  T.  HarahaN,  2d  Vice-Prest. 

-  W.  H.  McUOEL,  G.  M. 
A.  B.  Newell,  Supt. 
ROBT.  Miller,  Gen.  Supt. 
J.  L.  LOCKWOOD,  Supt. 
Chas.  Watts,  Gen.  Supt. 
J.  F.  Miller,  Gen.  Supt. 

H.  F.  Whitcomb,  Gen.  Mgr. 
Chas.  M.  Hays,  Gen.  Mgr. 


The  Chairman  stated  that  he  had  just  received  a  telephone  message 


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from  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Co.  that  their  1:35  train  had  reached 
Kankakee  without  interruption,  on  time.  This  was  the  first  train  to  leave 
after  the  taking  effect  of  the  order  of  the  American  Railway  Union  to 
boycott  all  Pullman  cars. 

After  some  little  discussion  of  the  situation  all  the  roads  were  called 
upon  to  state  the  situation  on  their  lines,  and  the  number  of  members  of 
the  American  Railway  Union  among  their  employes. 

The  Atchison,  Topeka  &  S.  F.  had  had  no  interference  with  its 
trains.  The  number  of  American  Railway  Union  men  was  thought  to  be 
very  small.     Trouble  was  expected  on  the  Southern  California  Railway. 

The  B.  &  O.  R.  R. — There  were  no  indications  of  trouble.  Very  few 
of  the  train  men  were  members  of  the  A.  R.  U. 

Calumet  &  Blue  Island. — As  this  road  had  no  passenger  service 
no  trouble  was  expected.  About  one-third  of  the  employes  are  A.  R.  U. 
men. 

Chicago  &  Alton. — Had  no  information  as  to  the  number  of  A.  R. 
U.  men.  It  was  understood  that  the  officers  of  the  union  had  been  ac- 
tively engaged  during  the  last  three  or  four  weeks  working  up  member- 
ships on  the  C.  &  A. 

C.  &  E.  I. — Number  of  A.  R.  U.  men  not  known.  The  percentage 
thought  to  be  as  large  if  not  larger  than  any  other  line. 

C.  B.  &  O.— Thought  to  have  very  few  members  of  A.  R.  U.  Ex- 
pected no  trouble  unless  the  men  were  intimidated. 

C.  &  N-W. — Did  not  expect  any  trouble.  Had  received  contradictory 
reports  as  to  the  number  of  A.  R.  U.  men.  Probably  some  switchmen 
and  a  few  engineers. 

C,  M.  &  St.  p. — Very  few  of  the  employes  thought  to  belong  to  the 
union.  Did  not  anticipate  any  trouble,  owing  to  the  fact  that  there  were 
no  Pullman  cars  run. 

C. ,  R.  I.  &  P. — So  far  as  could  be  ascertained,  not  over  thirty  men  in 
the  Chicago  yards  belonged  to  the  union.  Had  had  no  trouble  up  to  the 
present  time. 

Chicago  Great  Western. — Was  not  in  a  position  to  state  the  num- 
ber of  Railway  Union  men,  probably  twenty  per  cent,  of  the  employes. 
It  was  understood  that  this  line  had  been  singled  out  and  canvassed  very 
thoroughly  and  that  the  men  had  been  organizing  quite  rapidly. 

C.  &  N.  P. — Mr.  Ainslie  was  unable  to  learn  that  any  of  his  trainmen 
were  members  of  the  A.  R.  U.  That  the  forty-five  to  fifty  switchmen  and 
transfer  men  on  the  Calumet  Terminal  were  practically  all  members  of 
the  order,  but  they  did  no  passenger  business.     All  the  switchmen  on  the 


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C.  &  N.  P.  were  A.  R.  U.  men,  and  if  they  were  called  out  they  would 
refuse  to  handle  Pullman  cars. 

Illinois  Central, — Had  had  two  trains  out  since  noon.  Went 
out  on  time.  Mr.  Harahan  had  been  informed  that  they  intended  to 
cause  trouble  on  his  road  to-night.  Could  not  give  the  number  of  A.  R.  U. 
men  on  the  line.  The  switchmen  had  made  up  an  outgoing  train  and 
they  had  stated  that  they  had  no  instructions  not  to  do  their  work  and 
proposed  to  do  it. 

L.,  N.  A.  &  C. — Mr.  McDoel  stated  that  the  passenger  switching  of 
the  L.,  N.  A.  &  C.  was  done  by  the  C.  &  W.  I.  R.  R. ;  that  only  one  of 
the  L.,  N.  A.  &  C.  switching  engineers  belonged  to  the  A.  R.  U.,  and 
that  his  engineers  had  informed  him  if  the  Western  Indiana  switchmen 
refused  to  handle  the  trains,  they  would  come  down  and  do  it.  He  did 
not  think  any  of  his  trammen  belonged  to  the  order. 

L.  S.  &  M.  S. — Did  not  handle  Pullman  cars.  Was  not  informed  as 
to  the  number  of  A.  R.  U.  men. 

Michigan  Central. — Mr.  Miller  stated  that  he  had  been  trying  to 
find  out  whether  they  had  any  A.  R.  U.  men,  and  so  far  had  been  unable 
to  discover  that  they  had  any.  They  handled  no  Pullman  sleepers  and  did 
not  anticipate  any  trouble.  The  Illinois  Central  crews  did  the  switching 
of  their  passenger  trains  in  Chicago. 

N.  Y.,  C.  &  St.  L. — Did  not  anticipate  any  trouble,  as  they  did  not 
handle  Pullman  cars.  Was  informed  that  there  were  about  150  men  in 
Chicago,  including  shopmen  and  switchmen,  who  belonged  to  the  A.  R.  U. 

P.,  Ft.  W.  &:  C. — Did  not  have  knowledge  of  any  switchmen  belonging 
to  the  A.  R.  U.,  and  very  few  other  men  in  the  service  belonged  to  the 
union, 

P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L. — About  25  to  30  per  cent,  of  the  switchmen  in  the 
yards  had  become  members  of  the  A.  R.  U.  in  the  last  few  days.  Did  not 
anticipate  any  trouble  with  the  road  men. 

Wisconsin  Central. —  Had  no  advices  of  any  interference  with 
trains.  The  A.  R.  U.  had  some  strength  on  its  lines,  as  a  natural  result  of 
the  Great  Northern  trouble.  Anticipated  some  trouble  at  the  terminals, 
but  not  elsewhere. 

Wabash. — Did  not  anticipate  any  trouble.  Only  a  small  proportion 
of  its  trainmen  were  members  of  the  A.  R.  U. 

A  general  discussion  of  the  situation  followed.  It  was  suggested  that 
some  common  plan  of  action  ought  to  be  adopted  in  case  employes  refused 
to  do  switching  of  passenger  trains  with  Pullman  cars,  but  were  willing  to 
continue  all  of  their  other  work,  and  it  was  the  general  expression  that  in 
case  any  man  refused  to  do  his  duty,  he  would  be  discharged. 


After  some  further  discussion,  the  meeting  adjourned  to  ii  o'clock  the 
following  day. 

E.  ST.  JOHN, 
Chas.   p.   Dawley,  Chairman. 

Secretary. 


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GENERAL  MANAGERS'  ASSOCIATION. 


MINUTES  OF  SPECIAL  MEETING. 


MINUTES  of  a  Special 
Chicago,  June  27,  1894 
ment   from   the   previous  day 
Present  : 

A.  T.  &  S.  F.,         -         -  - 

B.  &  O.       - 

Chi.  &  Alton,  -        - 

Chi.  &  Erie, 

C.  &  E.  111., 

C.  &  W.  Indiana, 
C.  &G.  T.,     - 

C.  &  N.  W.,       - 


C.  B.  &  Q.,      - 

C.  M.  &  St.  P.,  - 

C.  R.  I.  &  P., 

Chi.  Gt.  Western, 
C.  cS:N.  P.,      - 
111.  Central. 
L.,  N.  A.  &C., 
L.  S.  &  M.  S.,     - 
Mich.  Cent.,    - 
N.  Y.,  C.  &  St.  L., 
P.,  F.  W.  &  C,       - 
P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L., 
Wis.  Central,  - 
Wabash  R.  R.,    - 


Chicago,  June  27,  1894. 
Meeting  held  at  732   Rookery   Building, 
,  at  II  o'clock  A.  M.,  pursuant  to  adjourn- 
Mr.    St.   John,  Chairman,    presiding. 

1).  B.  Robinson,  ist  Vice-Prest. 

J.  J.  Frey,  Gen.  Mgr. 

R.  B.  Campbell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

C.  H.  Chappell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

J.  C.  MOORHEAD,  Gen.  Supt. 

M.  J.  Carpenter,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

By  Mr.  Moorhead,  of  C.  &  E. 

A.  B.  Atwater,  Gen.  Supt. 

J.  M.  Whitman,  Gen.  Mgr. 

S.  Sanborn,  Gen'l  Supt. 

Geo.  B.  Harris,  Vice-Prest. 

W.  F.  Merrill,  Gen.  Mgr. 

A.  J.  Earling.  Gen.  Mgr. 

R.  R.  Cable,  Prest. 

E.  St.  John,  Gen.  Mgr.  '* 

J.  A.  Kelly,  Supt. 

S.  R.  AlNSLiE,  Gen.  Mgr. 

J.  T.  Hakahan,  2d  Vice-Prest. 

W.  H.  McDOEL.  Vice-Pres.  &  Gen.  Mgr. 

A.  B.  Newell.  Supt. 

Robt.  Miller,  Gen.  Supt. 

C.  D.  Gorham,  Supt. 

Chas.  Watts,  Gen.  Supt. 

J.  F.  Miller,  Gen.  Supt. 

Mr.  Ainslie  of  the  C.  &  N.  P. 

Chas.  M.  Hays,  Gen.  Mgr. 


The  Chairman  called  the  roll,  requesting  the  members  in  turn  to  state 
what,  if  anything,  had  occurred  on  their  lines  since  the  last  meeting,  the 
result  being  as  follows: 

A.  T.  (S:  S.  F. — Mr.  Frey  stated  that  his  line  was  having  the  same  trou- 
ble in  New  Mexico  and  Colorado;  that  three  different  engineers  at 
Raton  had  refused  to  handle  Pullman  sleepers  and  they  had  discharged 
them;  that  two  trains  were  still  held  at  that  point.  The  Denver  train  had 
been  held  at  La  Junta  since  morning. 

B.  &  O. — The  switchmen  had  handled  all  the  trains  except  passenger 
trains  up  to  the  present  time,  but  they  had  just  given  notice  to  the  agent 
that  they  would  not  handle  any  more  freight;  were  experiencing  some 
delay  in  Grand  Central  Passenger  Station.  The  switchmen  and  engineers 
had  refused  to  handle  Pullman  cars. 

The  C.  &  A..  C.  >^  E.,  C.  &  W.  I.,  C.  &  N.-W..  C.  B.  &  Q.,  C.  M.  & 
St.  P.,  C.  &  E.  I.,  C.  R.  I.  &  P.,  L.  S.  &  M.  S.,  M.  C,  N.  Y.  C.  &  St. 
L.  and  the  Wabash  reported  "  no  trouble  " 

C.  G.  W. — Mr.  Kelly  stated  that  the  yard  men  and  foreman  had  re- 
fused to  handle  Pullman  sleepers  on  out-going  trains  yesterday  afternoon, 
and  he  himself,  together  with  the  engineer,  switched  the  sleepers  onto  the 
train,  and  the  train  departed  on  time  with  the  sleepers  attached.  On  the 
arrival  of  the  morning  train,  the  engineer  had  refused  to  switch  the  train, 
and  he  (Mr.  Kelly)  handled  the  engine  and  set  out  the  sleepers,  and  then 
the  engineers  resumed  work. 

C.  &  N.P. — The  switchmen  stopped  work  at  1:35  this  morning  without 
notice.  When  the  day  crew  came  on,  a  delegation  of  the  night  crews  in- 
duced them  to  go  out.  The  engines  had  been  manned  with  superintend- 
ents, trainmasters,  etc.,  and  they  were  handling  passenger  trains.  The 
switchmen,  tower  men,  switch  tenders  and  section  men  have  all  gone  out. 

I.  C. — Mr.  Harahan  stated  that  when  the  night  crews  came  on  at  6 
o'clock  last  night,  an  order  came  from  Uebs.for  them  to  quit  work  and  the 
freight  car  switchmen  did  so  at  the  lower  yard,  Chicago,  and  also  at 
the  Fordham  yards.  The  passenger  men  worked  until  11  o'clock,  when 
there  was  a  committee  waited  on  them,  and  they  then  refused  to  handle 
any  Illinois  Central  cars,  but  continued  to  handle  Michigan  Central  cars. 
The  day  crew  this  morning  did  the  same  thing  in  the  freight  yard:  the 
day  crew  went  out  after  having  a  talk  with  the  night  men.  The  tower 
men  went  out  at  12  o'clock  last  night  but  they  were  replaced  by  other 
men  without  much  delay.  A  mob  gathered  at  Grand  Crossing  and  held 
the  trains  for  about  two  hours,  but  were  dispersed  by  the  police,  and  trains 
proceeded.  The  switchmen -in  the  suburban  yards  went  out,  but  reconsid- 
ered it  and  went  back.  Yard  masters  and  superintendents  were  handling 
all  perishable  freight. 


p.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L. — At  Riverdale  an  attempt  had  been  made  to  un- 
couple the  engine  from  the  train  but  the  guard  had  fired  his  pistol  and  the 
man  ran  away.  A  train  had  been  delayed  this  mornmg  two  hours  at  the 
Santa  Fe  crossing.     No  trouble  otherwise. 

P.  F.  W.  &  C. — There  had  been  some  delays  at  Grand  Crossing  with 
fast  mail  train  and  fast  freight.     Aside  from  that  no  trouble  as  yet. 


Sharing  Ex- 
penses. 


The  matter  of  the  Association  participating  in  the  expense  to  be  in- 
curred in  connection  with  the  present  difficulties  was  brought  up,  and 
there  being  some  doubt  as  to  whether  they  would  come  under  the  provis- 
ions of  the  resolution  adopted  July  20th,  1893  (Minutes  No.  10,  page  4),  the 
following  resolution  was,  on  motion  duly  seconded,  unanimously  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  Committee  No.  i  take  charge  of  the  present  controversy 
with  the  American  Railway  Union  under  the  rules  as  covered  by  the  reso- 
lution of  the  General  Managers'  Association,  adopted  July  20th,  1893, 
which  are  comprehended  in  the  following: 

1st.     The  expense  of  collecting  the  men  furnished  by  the  Association. 

2nd.  The  expense  of  forwarding  such  men  to  the  nearest  point  on  the 
line  affected. 

3rd.  The  board  and  wages  of  such  men  until  put  to  work  ;  the  duration 
of  this  period  to  be  discretionary  with  the  Committee. 

4th.     The  expense  of  returning  such  men  to  their  homes,  if  they  are 
not  required  for  work. 


Resolution  as 
to  J.  M.  Egan 


The  matter  of  selecting  some  one  to  represent  the  Committees  during 
the  strike  was  discussed,  and,  upon  motion  duly  seconded,  the  following 
resolution  was  unanimously  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  Egan  be  selected  as  the  choice  of  the  Association 
as  the  representative  of  its  Committees,  and  that  the  Committees  be  left 
with  discretionary  power  to  make  arrangements  with  Mr.  Egan  upon 
such  terms  as  they  may  be  able  to. 

Mr.  Geo.  B.  Harris  was  recjuested  to  communicate  with  Mr.   Egan  at 

once  in  reference  to  the  matter. 

The  meeting  adjourned  until   11   o'clock  the  following  day,  June  28th, 

1894. 

E.    ST.  JOHN, 

Chas.   p.  Dawley,  Chairman. 

Secretary. 


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MINUTES  OF  SPECIAL  MEETING. 


Chicago,  June  28,  1894. 

MINUTES  of  a  Special  Meeting  held  at  732  Rookery  Building, 
Chicago.  June  28,  1894,  at  11  o'clock  A.  :m.,  pursuant  to  adjourn- 
ment from  the  previous  day.  Mr.  St.  John,  Chairman,  presiding. 
Present : 


A.,T.  &  S.  F..    - 

B.  &0., 

Chi.  &  Alton,      - 
Chi.  &  Erie,    - 

C.  &  E.  111., 

C.  &  W.  Indiana,  - 
C.  &  G.  T., 
C.  &  N.-W.,   ■ 

C,  B.  &  O., 

C,  M.  &  St.  P.,       - 

C,  R.  I,  &  P.,     - 

Chi.  Gt.  Western,  - 
C.  &  N.  P., 
III.  Central,    - 

L.  S.  &  M.  S.,      . 

Mich,  Cent..   - 
N.  Y.,  C.  &St.  L., 
P.,  F.  W.  &  C,      - 
P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L., 
Wis.  Cent.,     - 
For  the  Committees. 


D.  B.  Robinson,  ist  \'ice-Prest. 

R.  B.  Campbell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

C.  H.  Chappell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

J.  C.  MOORHEAD.  Gen   Supt. 

M.  J.  Carpenter,  Prest.  &  Gen.  Mgr. 

Mr.  Moorhead,  of  C.  &  E. 

A.  B   Atwater,  Gen.  Supt. 
•    J.  M.  Whitman,  Gen.  Mgr. 
j  Geo.  B.  Harris,  \"ice-Prest. 
/  W.  F.  Merrill,  Gen   Mgr. 

A.  J.  Earling,  Gen.  Mgr. 
<)  R.  R.  Cable,  Prest. 
<•  E.  St.  John,  Gen.  Mgr. 

J.  A.  Kelly,  Supt. 

S.  R.  Ainslie,  Gen.  Mgr. 

J.  T.  Harahan,  2nd  Vice  Prest. 
(  W.  H.  C.A.NNIFF,  Gen.  Supt 
(  A.  B.  Newell,  Supt. 

ROBT.  Miller,  Gen.  Supt. 

C.  D.  Gorham,  Supt. 

Chas.  Watts,  Gen.  Supt. 

Chas.  Watts,  Gen.  Supt. 

Mr.  Ainslie,  of  the  C.  &  N.  P. 

J.  M.  Eg  AN. 


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The  Chairman  read  a  report  of  the  situation  on  yesterday,  showing 
that  the  Ilhnois  Central  yard  forces  held  a  meeting  at  82  Lake  street, 
which  was  addressed  by  Howard  and  Debs  of  the  American  Railway 
Union,  after  which  a  conference  was  had  between  Debs  and  Hannahan, 
of  the  Brotherhood  of  Locomotive  Firemen,  who  have  olTered  their  assist- 
ance in  sympathy  only.  Then  Sovereign,  of  the  Knights  of  Labor,  How- 
ard, Debs  and  the  directors  of  the  A.  R.  U.,  held  a  conference  in  which 
Sovereign  stated  that  the  Kniglits  of  Labor  would  go  out  at  the  word 
from  him.  That  Debs  had  received  a  telegram  from  McBride,  saying 
that  not  a  pound  of  coal  would  be  put  on  "  scab"  engines.  All  general 
officers  of  the  A.  R.  U.  are  very  hopeful. 


The  Chairman  stated  that  Committee  No.  i  had  sent  out  the  following 
telegram  in  order  to  get  information  as  to  the  location  of  men  : 

June  27,  1894. 
Will  you  please  notify  me  at  once  as  chairman  of  Committee  No.  i, 
the  names  of  railroad  men  on  record  at  Chicago  or  elsewhere  with  your 
company  as  wanting  positions,  and  whom  you  know  to  be  good,  reliable 
men,  including  especially  yardmen,  switchmen,  etc.  Also  stating  how 
quickly  they  can  be  got  together. 

E.  St.  John, 

Chairman. 


The  roll  was  then  called  for  statements  of  the  situation: 

A.,  T.  (!!c  S.  F. —  Switching  engineers,  firemen,  switchmen  and  fore- 
men in  Chicago  and  Corwith  went  out  at  midnight.  Trains  went  out  last 
night  and  are  coming  in  this  morning  with  Pullman  equipment.  All  the 
engineers  and  hremen  had  gone  to  work  again  this  morning.  Kansas 
City  switchmen  refuse  this  morning  to  handle  Pullman  cars.  Switchmen 
at  several  miportant  points  on  the  main  line,  and  the  operators  and  shop- 
men in  New  Mexico,  had  gone  out. 

Chicago  &  Alton.— No  demonstration  as  yet. 

Chicago  &jErie. — No  men  gone  out.  Ran  train  through  Hammond 
last  night  without  stopping,  to  avoid  mob.  Found  links  in  the  interlocking 
system  at  Hammond,  and  the  towerman  was  badly  injured  by  the  mob 
when  he  went  out  to  remove  them. 

C.  &  E.  L — No  men  refused  to  work  as  yet. 


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C.  lit  \V.  iND. — Mr.  Moorhead  reported  for  Mr.  Thomas  that  the  only 
men  who  had  refused  to  work  were  the  switchmen,  and  those  were  being 
replaced. 

C.  &  N.  W. — All  trains  left  on  time  last  night.  A  number  of  strikers 
invaded  the  yards  during  the  night  and  raised  considerable  disturbance, 
firing  revolvers  and  intimidating  switchmen  so  that  they  stopped  work 
temporarily.  At  7  o'clock  this  morning  another  crowd  of  strikers  entered 
the  yards  with  the  intention  of  driving  the  switchmen  away.  Five  of  them 
were  arrested,  and  three  engineers  who  had  carried  the  strikers  on  their 
-engines  were  discharged. 

C,  B.  &  O. — No  indication  of  any  trouble. 

C  ,  M.  &  St.  p. — No  trouble  except  at  Pan  Handle  Junction  by  reason 
■of  the  switchmen  leaving  their  posts  at  that  point. 

C,  R.  I  &  P. — No  trouble  had  occurred. 

Chi.  Gt.  Western. — Situation  on  this  line  growing  somewhat  worse. 
Some  of  the  freight  men  had  refused  to  take  their  trains  out.  The  con- 
ductor, brakeman  and  fireman  refused  to  go  out  on  the  6  o'clock  train  with 
a  Pullman  sleeper,  and  finally  the  Pullman  car  and  the  dining  car  were 
<:ut  off  the  train  and  it  departed  without  them.  The  yard  engineers  and 
firemen  had  said  they  would  work  with  the  regular  switchmen,  but  would 
not  work  with  new  men  or  officers. 

Chicago  &  Northern  Pacific. — The  men  on  the  Calumet  Terminal 
were  all  at  work.  C.  &  N.  P.  situation  not  nearly  so  bad  as  reported  in 
the  papers.  Mr.  Amslie  said  a  delegation  of  his  men  had  waited  on  him 
with  reference  to  the  proposition  of  IJebs  to  discontinue  handling  Pullman 
cars,  but  he  had  refused  to  do  so  The  suburban  engineers  had  agreed  to 
work,  but  the  switching  engineers  had  said  they  would  not  work  except 
with  the  regular  switchmen,  not  because  they  were  in  sympathy  with  the 
movement,  but  because  they  were  afraid  of  being  injured. 

Wisconsin  Central. — No  demonstrations  out  on  the  line.  Pullman 
cars  running  as  usual. 

111.  Central. — The  situation  somewhat  worse  than  yesterday.  Some 
of  the  suburban  conductors  had  quit  work,  and  the  yard  force  at  Cairo  and 
Mounds  had  gone  out.  Shopmen  at  Burnside  and  Weldon,  and  part  of 
the  car  repairing  force  at  27th  street,  were  out.  The  strikers  were  inter- 
fering with  the  handling  of  perishable  freight  in  Chicago.  None  of  the 
old  switchmen  are  at  work.  The  limited  train  for  New  Orleans  had  been 
held  at  Cairo  by  strikers  since  5  o'clock,  and  the  company  is  unable  to  get 
police  protection. 

L.,  N.  A.  &  C— The  Chairman  reported  for  Mr.  McDoel  that  a  train 
had  been  stopped  at  Hammond  by  a  mob  of  two  thousand  people  and  was 
still  there.  Another  train  had  been  sent  out  over  a  connecting  line,  and  it 
was  expected  that  would  go  through. 


IDS 


L.  S.  &  M.  S.— Had  no  trouble. 

Michigan  Central. — Reported  no  serious  trouble.  Way  freight  had 
been  delayed  at  Burnside  on  the  Illinois,  and  some  delay  had  been  caused 
at  Hammond  by  the  mob.  The  M.  C.  Co.  had  been  compelled  to  put  one 
of  their  own  engines  at  the  Chicago  station  to  assist  in  switching  the  pas- 
senger trains. 

N.  Y.,  C.  &  St.  L. — No  trouble  among  their  own  men.  Some  delay 
had  occurred  at  Hammond. 

P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L. — Last  night  at  lo  o'clock  the  majority  of  the  night 
switchmen  went  out.  Engineers  and  firemen  also  refused  to  work.  Also 
the  switch-tenders  and  highway  crossing  men.  They  had  enough  men 
from  their  own  eastern  divisions  to  take  the  place  of  the  strikers. 

P.,  F.  W.  &  C— Had  had  no  trouble. 

B.  &  O. — Still  handling  the  passenger  business  with  yardmasters  and 
other  officials.  Trains  mostly  on  time.  Yesterday  at  3  o'clock  the 
switchmen  at  South  Chicago  quit  without  giving  any  warning.  Men  from 
other  points  on  the  road  refuse  to  come  here  to  work  for  fear  of  personal 
violence. 


The  Chairman  read  the  following  message,  which  he  had  sent  to  mana- 
gers in  Pittsburg,  Philadelphia,  Baltimore,  Toledo.  Cleveland,  Buffalo  and 
New  York : 

Chicago,  June  27,  1894. 

We  want  you  to  select  a  man  who  will  advertise  in  the  papers  at  Pitts- 
burg for  switchmen,  towermen  and  yardmen,  and  meet  and  examine 
them,  taking  their  names  and  addresses,  so  that  if  required  they  can  be 
quickly  consolidated  and  started  for  Chicago.  Please  attend  to  this  at 
once  and  advise  me  by  11  o'clock  to-morrow  the  number  that  can  be  ob- 
tained, and  so  continue  daily  until  further  advised.  We  do  not  want  to 
pay  the  men  until  ordered  to  come,  but  the  expenses  of  the  man  you 
appoint,  office  rent,  advertising  and  salary  of  this  man,  the  General 
Managers'  Association  of  Chicago  will  pay. 

E.  St.  John, 

C/nih-/;!au. 


The  matter  of  funds  for  expenses  in  connection  with  the  strike  was 
discussed,  and  the  following  resolution  was,  on  motion  duly  seconaed, 
unanimously  adopted: 

Rcsoh'cd,  That  in  order  to  meet  the  necessities  of  the  present  difficul- 
ties growing  out    of  the  Pullman  strike,  an  assessment  of  ten  thousand 


io5 


•dollars  be  made  upon  the  members  of  the  Association,  upon  the  same 
basis  that  the  assessment  was  made  at  the  time  of  the  contemplated 
switchmen's  strike  in  the  sprmg  of  1893. 


Mr.  Hams  reported  that  he  had  communicated  with  Mr.  Egan,  in  pur-    J-  M.  Egan 

engaged, 
suance  of  the  resolution  adopted  yesterday,  and  Mr.  Egan  had  consented 

to  serve   the  railroads,  which  would  be  appreciated  by  the  Association. 


Mr.  St.  John  stated  that   unless  otherwise  directed.  Committee  N0..1    ordering  men 
"would  order  such  men  as  were  registered  at  the  agencies  established  in  the 
East,  sent  forward  at  once. 

It  was  suggested  and  concurred  in  by  the  meeting  that  the  members 
ask  the  representatives  of  their  legal  departments  to  be  present  at  the 
next  meeting. 

The  meeting  adjourned  to  11  o'clock  of  the  following  day,  June  29th, 
1894. 

E.  ST.  JOHN, 

Chas.   p.   Dawley,  Chairman. 

Secretary. 


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MINUTES  OF  SPECIAL  MEETING. 

June  29,  1894. 

MINUTES  of  a  special  meeting  held  at  732  Rookery  Building,  Chi- 
cago, June  29,  at  11  o'clock  A.  M.,  pursuant  to  adjournment  from 
the  previous  day.     Mr.  St.  John,  Chairman,  presiding.     Present  : 


A.,T.  &  S.  F., 

B.  &  O.,       - 
Chi.  iS:  Alton.   - 
Chi.  &  Erie, 

C.  &E.  111.,      - 

C.  &  \V.  Indiana, 
C.  &  G.  T.,       - 

C.  &N.-W., 

C,  B.  &  O.,     - 

C,  M.  &  St.  P., 

C,  R.  I.  &  P., 

Chi.  Gt.  Western, 
C.  &N.P.,      - 


D.  B.  Robinson,  ist  Vlce-Prest. 
Hon.  Geo.  R.  Peck,  Solicitor. 
R.  B.  Campbell,  Gen.  Mgr. 
Hon.  E.  H.  Gary,  Counsel. 

C.  H.  Chappell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

Wm.  Brown,  Counsel. 

J.  C.  MOORHEAD,  Gen.  Supt. 

W.  O.  Johnson,  Counsel. 

M.  J.  Carpenter,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

W.  H.  Lyford,  Gen.  Counsel. 

B.  Thomas.  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 
A.  B.  Atwater,  Gen.  Supt. 

J.  M.  Whitman,  Gen.  Mgr. 
Mr.  L.  W.  Bowers,  Gen.  Counsel. 
Geo.  B.  Harris,  Vice-Prest. 
W.  F.  Merrill,  Gen.  Mgr. 

C.  N.  Daws,  Counsel. 

A.  J.  Earling,  Gen.  Mgr. 
Mr.  Burton  Hanson,  Counsel. 
R.  R.  Cable,  Prest. 

E.  St.  John,  Gen.  Mgr. 
T.  S.  Wright,  Gen.  Atty. 
A.  B.  Stickney,  President. 
C.  Shields,  Gen.  Supt. 

S.   R.  AiNSLlE,  Gen.  Mgr. 
J.  K.  Knapp,  Counsel. 


108 


I  J.  T.  Harahan,  2d  Vice-Prest. 
111.  Central,  -         -        -      -  Judge  James  Fentress,  Gen.    Solicitor. 

'C.  V.  GwiN,  Atty. 
L     N.  A    &  C  -        -         .\  W.  H.  McDoEL,  Gen.  Mgr. 

(  G.  W.  Kretzinger,  Counsel. 
L.  S.  &  M.  S.,     -        -        -      ^  ^-  B-  Newell.  Supt. 

(  Wm.  McFadden,  Counsel. 
Michigan  Cent.,       -        -  Robt.  Miller,  Gen.  Supt. 

N.  Y    C   &  St.  L.  -        -     -^  ^-  ^-  Johnston,  Gen.  Supt. 

'  '  C.  D.  GORHAM,  Supt. 

P.,  F.  W.  &  C,       -        -  Chas.  Watts,  Gen.  Supt. 

P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L.,  -        -        By  Mr.  Watts,  of  P.,  F.  W.  &  C. 
Wis.  Central,            -        -  Mr.  Ainslie  of  the  C.  &  N.  P. 

Wabash  R.  R.,  -         -        J.  S.  GOODRICH,  Supt. 
For  the  Committees,         -  J.  M.  Egan. 

After  calling  the  meeting  to  order,  the  Chairman  called  upon  the 
members  for  statements  of  the  situation  upon  their  various  lines.  The 
replies  were  to  the  following  effect : 

The  A.  T.  &  S.  F.  reported  that  the  situation  had  not  changed  mate- 
rially, except  that  the  California  Southern  was  practically  tied  up — had 
not  moved  any  trains,  either  freight  or  passenger,  since  yesterday  morning. 
The  Atlantic  &  Pacific  was  running  passenger  trains  with  Pullman  equip- 
ment without  any  trouble.  At  Kansas  City  three  passenger  trains  were 
tied  up  all  day  on  account  of  the  firemen  refusing  to  work,  but  the 
railroad  company  had  applied  to  the  chief  of  the  Fn-emen's  Brotherhood 
at  Topeka,  who  had  sent  three  tiremen  to  take  the  places  of  those  men- 
tioned and  the  trains  had  gone  out  and  there  was  no  trouble  now  at  Kan- 
sas City.     All  trains  so  far  had  left  Chicago  with  full  equipment. 

Baltimore  &  Ohio. — The  situation  is  practically  unchanged,  except- 
ing that  car-repairers  and  cleaners  had  been  frightened  away  by  the 
threats  of  the  walking  delegates.  Very  few  of  the  car-repairers  were  in 
the  American  Railway  Union.  The  trains  last  night  were  detained  at 
Ogden  avenue  by  a  crowd  which  had  gathered  there  to  tamper  with  the 
switches,  but  after  the  crowd  was  dispersed  by  the  police  the  trains  pro- 
ceeded. 

Chicago  &  Alton. — During  the  afternoon  yesterday  the  tower  men 
on  Joint  tracks  at  Van  Buren  and  Polk  streets  left  their  stations,  which 
were  immediately  filled  by  new  men.  These  men  being  unfamiliar  with 
the  work,  gave  some  delay  to  passenger  trains  early  in  the  evening,  but  all 
trains  arrived  and  departed  nearly  on  time.  Live  stock  and  perishable 
freight  arrived  this  morning  as  usual,  and  was  handled  by  officers,  and  un- 


109 


loaded  promptly.  This  morning  the  switchmen  at  Harrison  street  passen- 
ger yards  went  out,  but  trains  all  left  on  time  with  usual  Pullman  equip- 
ment. Switchmen  at  Bloomington  stopped  work  this  morning  ;  the  train 
master  and  yard  master  did  the  work;  no  trouble  occasioned. 

Chicago  &  Erie. — The  situation  substantially  as  on  yesterday.  One 
train  was  abandoned  last  evening  on  the  suggestion  of  the  Sheriff  of  Lake 
County,  Ind.,  that  it  would  be  dangerous  to  run  it  through  in  the  night. 
None  of  this  company's  men  have  refused  to  perform  their  duties  as  yet. 

Chicago  &  Eastern  Illinois. — Freight  switchmen  in  Chicago  went 
out  last  night  at  lo  o'clock.  Towermen  at  31st  street  were  driven  off, 
and  the  suburban  engineers  refused  to  go  over  a  different  cross-over  and 
abandoned  their  engines  on  the  main  line,  occasioning  some  delay.  This 
morning  the  round-house  employes  quit  with  the  exception  of  the  foreman. 
The  company  has  given  notice  that  it  will  receive  no  more  live-stock  or 
perishable  freight.  Terre  Haute  switchmen  have  given  notice  that  they 
will  not  handle  Pullman  cars,  and  the  company  has  replied  that  if  they  do 
not  do  so  they  could  consider  themselves  discharged. 

Chicago  &  Western  Indiana. — Report  some  delay  at  31st  street  as 
explained  by  Mr.  Carpenter,  trains  on  the  tenant  lines  being  held  three  or 
four  hours.  Trains  running  this  morning  as  usual.  The  Belt  railway  switch- 
men went  out  10:30  last  night.  Passenger  engineers  and  firemen  said  last 
night  they  would  not  work  with  new  men.  He  had  not  given  them  any 
reply  as  yet. 

Chicago  &  Grand  Trunk  —Has  had  no  trouble  as  yet  with  its  men. 
Mr.  Debs  had  had  a  meeting  and  made  speeches  to  the  employes,  but  it 
was  not  expected  they  would  go  out.  Trains  had  been  delayed  somewhat 
by  the  trouble  on  the  Western  Indiana. 

Chicago  &  North-Western. — Was  in  better  shape  than  yesterday. 
Some  of  the  switch-tenders  who  had  gone  out  had  returned  to  work. 
Switchmen  at  Milwaukee  had  quit  work,  and  they  were  doing  only  such 
work  at  that  point  as  superintendents,  agent  and  yardmaster  could  han- 
dle. Passenger  trains  and  perishable  freight  all  moving.  There  was  no 
violence.  Regular  trains  and  way  freight  went  out  of  Chicago  with  full 
trains  on  time  this  morning.  They  were  still  able  to  handle  all  perish- 
able and  warehouse  freight,  and  do  a  great  deal  of  other  work. 

Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy. — Suburban  service  delayed  some- 
what, but  otherwise  trains  about  on  time.  Night  switchmen  quit  at  mid- 
night, but  live-stock  was  handled  by  yardmasters.  This  morning  only  two 
of  the  day  switchmen  reported  for  work.  All  of  the  engineers  and  fire- 
men reported  for  work,  and  were  on  engines  ready  to  go  to  work  as  fast  as 
new  switchmen  can  be  put  in.  No  trouble  on  the  lines  outside  of 
Chicago. 

C,  M.  &  St.  P. — Reported  three  cars  in  the  train  leaving  at  9:45  last 


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night  derailed  by  someone  throwing  switch  while  train  was  passing  over  it, 
and  track  was  not  cleared  until  3  o'clock  in  the  morning.  They  were  unable 
to  ascertain  who  threw  the  switch.  About  1,200  shopmen  had  been  dis- 
charged by  the  company.  There  had  been  no  trouble  on  the  road  outside 
of  Chicago.    It  was  expected  that  the  forces  would  be  still  further  reduced. 

C.  R.  I.  &  P. — Reported  very  little  change.  Some  disturbance  at  i6th 
street,  not  aimed  particularly  at  the  Rock  Island,  but  at  the  several  roads 
crossing  at  that  point.  Had  experienced  some  delay  last  night  at  the 
Ft.  Wayne  crossing  on  account  of  a  flagman  having  deserted  his  post  at 
that  point. 

Chi.  Gt.  Western. —  Passenger  trains  now  moving  with  the  usual 
Pullman  equipment  and  practically  on  time.  There  had  been  trouble  at 
St.  Paul  and  Minneapolis  on  account  of  having  to  run  over  the  St.  Paul 
&  Northern  Pacific  tracks.  The  Northern  Pacific  men  had  taken  pos- 
session of  the  interlocking  switches  and  declined  to  let  them  through,  and 
as  a  result  the  trains  ran  only  as  far  as  St.  Paul.  This  morning,  however, 
the  trains  went  through  to  Minneapolis.  Freight  moving  all  right,  except 
in  Chicago,  where  both  passenger  and  freight  switchmen  were  out. 

Chi.  &  Northern  Pac. — Has  experienced  some  minor  difficulties 
such  as  towermen  at  75th  street  and  49th  street  going  out.  but  Mr.  Ainslie 
felt  that  on  the  whole  they  were  in  good  shape.  The  firemen  on  the 
C.  &  N.  P.  suburban  trains  struck  this  morning,  and  he  immediately 
called  the  engineers  in  and  asked  if  they  would  run  with  other  men,  and 
they  had  said  they  would  run  with  any  men  that  he  would  put  on.  Two 
men  who  were  at  hand  were  put  on,  and  as  soon  as  the  striking  firemen 
heard  of  it,  they  went  back  and  took  their  places,  and  were  now  at  work. 
Four  switch  engineers  who  had  left  their  work  day  before  yesterday 
reported  and  asked  to  be  put  back,  and  five  more  had  said  they  would 
probably  come  back  after  a  meeting  which  was  to  be  held  during  the  day, 
but  he  had  told  them  that  there  would  be  no  places  for  them. 

III.  Central.— Mr.  Harahan  stated  that  as  far  as  the  terminals  were 
concerned,  he  felt  they  were  in  a  great  deal  better  shape  than  yesterday. 
Six  switching  engines  were  at  work,  partly  manned  by  officers  and  partly 
by  new  men;  that  some  difficulty  was  had  yesterday  on  account  of  the 
suburban  engines  at  South  Chicago  having  been  killed,  rec^uiring  all  day 
to  get  them  ready  for  service  again.  The  suburban  service  was  in  every 
way  in  much  better  shape  than  yesterday.  The  fast  suburban  express 
trains  had  been  stopped  for  an  hour  or  more  by  the  switchmen  going  out, 
on  account  of  a  misunderstanding,  but  they  resumed  work  again.  About 
125  cars  of  perishable  freight  had  been  handled,  and  they  expected  to 
catch  up  with  the  perishable  and  stock  business  to-day.  Passenger  trains 
had  been  sent  out  on  time  with  full  equipment.  The  switchmen  at  Kan- 
kakee went  out   at    11    o'clock,  but  that  would  cause  no  trouble.      The 


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men  at  Centralia  had  been  ordered  out,  but  had  refused  to  go.  Men  were 
out  at  Mounds  and  Cairo,  and  fifty-five  guards  and  switchmen  had  been 
deHvered  there  to  take  their  places.  Some  passenger  trains  were  tied  up 
at  Cairo  and  they  had  not  yet  been  able  to  get  protection  to  take  them 
out.  The  men  were  willing  to  move  the  trains  as  soon  as  protection  could 
be  gotten.     Had  applied  to  the  Mayor,  and  the  Sheriff  and  the  Governor. 

L.,  N.  A.  &  C. — Had  experienced  no  difficulty  with  its  own  employes. 
Had  considerable  trouble  at  Hammond  caused  by  packing-house  men 
who  held  a  train  there  all  night.  Passengers  were  transferred  to  day  train 
this  morning,  and  the  equipment  brought  back  to  Chicago. 

L.  S.  &  M.  S. — Trains  were  going  out  and  coming  in  on  time,  with  the 
exception  of  some  delays  at  i6th  street  on  account  of  the  mob. 

Mich.  Central. — No  change  in  the  past  24  hours.  No  delays  to 
trains  on  account  of  the  strike,  and  no  apparent  uneasiness  among  the 
men. 

N.  Y.,  C.  &  St.  L. — Had  had  no  difficulty  except  at  i6th  street  and  the 
Ft.  Wayne  crossing  in  Chicago. 

P.,  F.  W.  &  C,  AND  P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L.— Noneof  the  passenger  trains 
on  the  Pan  Handle  had  been  abandoned.  All  trains  were  kept  moving 
with  some  little  delay.  Switchmen  went  out  at  Western  Avenue  yards, 
but  were  being  replaced  by  new  men.  Had  sixty  volunteers  from  their 
own  lines  ready  to  go  to  work. 

Wabash  R.  R. — The  situation  had  not  changed  materially.  Trains 
were  moving  on  time  or  nearly  so.  Had  had  some  trouble  at  31st  street. 
None  of  its  own  men  had  refused  to  work. 


The  Chairman  read  several  telegrams  handed  him  by  the  members, 
among  them  one  from  J.  W.  Kendrick,  Gen.  Mgr.  of  the  Northern  Pacific 
R.  R.,  addressed  to  Mr.  Ainslie.  The  Chairman  requested  Mr.  Ainslie 
to  say  to  Mr.  Kendrick  that  this  Association  would  be  glad  to  do  anything 
it  consistently  could  for  his  company. 

The  Chairman  then  read  a  report  on  the  situation  for  the  previous  day, 
showing  that  meetings  of  employes  had  been  held  at  Grand  Crossing  at 
2:30,  with  1,000  present,  three-fourths  of  whom  were  Illinois  Central  shop- 
men. Also  meetings  at  Archer  Avenue,  iSth  and  State  Streets,  No.  82 
Lake  Street.  That  Sovereign  claimed  to  have  men  ready  to  strike  at  the 
Stock  Yards ;  that  switchmen  claimed  70  per  cent,  of  their  organization 
would  join  the  A.  R.  U. ;  that  the  engineers  were  joining  the  A.  R.  U. 
very  slowly.     Debs  and  Howard  claimed  75   per  cent,   of    the   firemen 


would  join  the  A.  R.  U.  within  twenty-four  hours ;  that  they  claimed 
90  per  cent,  of  the  switchmen  ;  60  per  cent,  of  the  brakemen  ;  25  per 
cent,  of  the  conductors  ;  75  per  cent,  of  the  brakemen  and  80  per  cent,  of 
the  shop-men.  The  meeting  at  Grand  Crossing  took  in  240  new  members 
for  the  A.  R.  U.,  mostly  Burnside  shop-men.  That  orders  would  be 
issued  to  tie  up  the  C.  &  A.  at  5  p.  M.,  after  which  an  attempt  would  be 
made  to  tie  up  the  C,  R.  I.  &  P.  That  the  Illinois  Central  engineers 
held  a  meeting  at  which  sympathy  was  expressed  for  the  strikers. 

Mr.  Harahan  stated  that  after  the  engineers  had  had  the  meeting  re- 
ferred to  in  the  report,  a  committee  had  called  on  him  and  said  they  were 
not  in  sympathy  with  the  strikers,  but  that  they  did  not  like  to  run  the 
night  trains,  that  one  of  the  committee  afterwards,  however,  went  out 
on  the  8  o'clock  train  that  evening. 

The  Chairman  then  stated  that  the  United  States  District  Attorney 
had  received  the  following  telegram  from  Attorney-General  Olney  : 

"  See  that  the  passage  of  regular  trains  carrying  United  States  mails 
in  the  usual  and  ordinary  way,  as  contemplated  by  the  Act  of  Congress 
and  directed  by  the  Postmaster-General,  is  not  obstructed.  Procure  war- 
rants or  any  other  available  process  from  United  States  Courts  against  any 
and  all  persons  engaged  in  such  obstruction  and  direct  Marshal  to  execute 
same  by  such  number  of  deputies  or  such  posse  as  may  be  necessary. 

(Signed)  OLNEY,  Attorney-General." 

Also  that  the  United  States  District  Attorney  desired  the  following  in- 
formation : 

The  name  or  names  of  any  person  or  persons  who  attempt  to  obstruct 
the  movement  or  the  passage  of  any  train  made  up,  that  has  in  it  as  part 
of  its  make-up  a  mail  car  or  a  car  carrying  mail  pouches,  whether  they 
cut  off  a  Pullman  car,  or  a  dining  car,  or  any  other  part  of  the  train  that  is 
the  regular  and  usual  train  in  the  carrying  of  the  mail,  and  to  be  in- 
formed in  case  of  any  interference  by  any  persons  whose  names  are  known, 
or  who  can  be  identified  by  giving  the  description  of  him  or  them,  so  that 
he  or  they  can  be  pointed  out  to  the  officer,  and  a  warrant  will  be  issued 
for  his  or  their  arrest. 

The  Chairman  then  stated  that  the  following  list  of  questions  had  been 
prepared  to  be  submitted  to  the  representatives  of  the  legal  department, 
whose  presence  had  been  requested  at  the  meeting : 


1.  Shall  the  railroad  companies  have  criminal  prosecution  instituted 
against  officers  of  the  American  Railway  Union  under  the  laws  of  Illinois 
as  to  conspiracies  to  injure  business,  or  the  boycott  law  of  Illinois?  If 
so,  what  course  should  be  pursued  ? 

2.  Shall  the  railroad  companies  have  parties  interfering  with  inter- 
state coinmerce  prosecuted  under  the  United  States  act  of  1890,  and  Sec. 
5440  U.  S.  statutes  ?     If  so,  how  ? 

3.  Shall  the  railroad  companies  join  in  expenses  to  have  parties  prose- 
cuted for  interrupting  mail  trains  under  United  States  statutes  ? 

4.  If  so.  shall  It  be  by  information  filed  by  U.  S.  District  Attorney,  or 
by  affidavits  filed  and  writs  issued  by  U.  S.  Commissioners  for  arrest  of 
particular  parties  interrupting  mail  trains? 

5.  Shall  railroad  companies  sue  civilly  officers  of  the  American  Rail- 
way Union  and  those  whom  they  send  to  persuade  or  intimidate  employes 
to  quit  the  service  and  tie  up  the  business  of  the  railroads? 

6.  Shall  railway  companies  apply  for  injunctions  to  prevent  A.  R.  U. 
men  from  going  on  their  grounds  or  interfering  with  their  men? 

7.  Shall  they  apply  for  mandatory  injunctions  compelling  A.  R.  U. 
officers  to  withdraw  orders  for  strikes  ? 

The  foregoing  questions  were  given  to  the  attorneys,  who  retired  to  the 
adjoining  room  to  consider  the  matters. 


Mr.  Thomas  then  stated  that  in  view  of  the  fact  that  he  had  been  in- 
formed that  the  engineers  and  firemen  at  the  Dearborn  Station  passenger 
yard  would  dechne  to  work  with  new  men,  he  thought  they  should  be 
required  to  make  such  a  statement  to  him  personally,  and  that  he  should 
tell  them  if  they  refused  to  work  with  new  men  they  might  consider 
themselves  out  of  the  service,  and  wished  to  know  if  such  action  would 
be  in  harmony  with  the  views  of  the  Association.  The  matter  was  dis- 
cussed, and  it  was  the  sense  of  the  meeting  that  the  course  outlined  w^as 
the  proper  one  to  take,  and  the  following  resolution  was,  on  motion  duly 
seconded,  unanimously  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  any  employe  refusing  to  perform  the  duties  for  which  he 
is  employed,  shall  be  discharged. 


Mr.  John  M.  Egan  reported  that  he  had  called  on  the  Chief  of  Police 
and  had  an  extended   interview  with  him,   and  been  informed  by  him 


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that  protection  would  be  given  all  roads  in  Chicago ;  that  the  force 
would  be  taxed  to  the  utmost,  and  he  hoped  the  roads  would  be  care- 
ful not  to  call  police  for  any  points  where  not  absolutely  necessary.  Mr. 
Egan  had  also  had  another  conference  with  the  Chief  of  Police,  and  the 
inspectors  and  captains,  and  they  had  gone  over  the  situation  thoroughly  ; 
that  he  had  also  had  an  interview  with  the  Sheriff,  who  had  said  that  he 
would  furnish  all  assistance  in  his  power ;  that  within  the  city  limits  the 
sheriff's  office  ought  not  to  be  called  upon  until  the  Chief  of  Police  had 
exhausted  his  force  ;  that  he  would  appoint  as  deputy  sheriffs  all  men 
furnished  and  guaranteed  as  good  reliable  men. 

The  matter  of  police  protection  was  discussed  at  length  and  it  was  stated 
by  the  Chairman  that  all  requirements  for  police  protection  or  any  com- 
plaints about  failure  on  the  part  of  police  officers  to  do  their  duty,  should 
be  reported  to  Mr.  Egan,  to  be  referred  by  him  to  the  Chief  of  the  Police; 
that  it  was  preferable  that  such  matters  should  be  handled  through  Mr. 
Egan's  office. 


Mr.  Harris  reported  that  Committee   No.   3   had   made   arrangements    Bureau  of  in- 
formation, 
with  Mr.  M.  E.  Ward  to  take  charge  of  the  Bureau  of  Information,  and 

headquarters  had  been  established  in  Room  721   of  this  building  (The 

Rookery). 

Mr.  St.  John  reported  that  Committee  No.  i  had  established  agencies  Report  of  com. 
for  the  employment  of  men  at  Toledo.  Cleveland,  Buffalo,  Pittsburg, 
Philadelphia,  Baltimore,  New  York  and  Boston,  and  had  asked  the 
General  Manager  of  the  N.  Y.  C.  &  H.  R.  R.  R.  to  establish  agencies 
upon  his  line  at  points  where  he  thought  they  would  be  effective.  That 
the  offices  established  would  forward  men  daily  until  the  situation 
changed.  That  we  had  supplied  to  the  railroads  in  this  Association  dur- 
ing the  past  twenty-four  hours,  every  man  required. 


The  Committee  of  Legal  Representatives  here  sent  in  by  their  Secre-    First  Report  of 

>=•  t-  J  ^  Legal  Com. 

tary  the  following  resolution,  with  the  statement  that  it  had  been  unani- 
mously adopted  by  them,  and  that  they  would  make  more  full  report  at 
the  meeting  to-morrow: 


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Resolved,  That  we  advise  the  General  Managers'  Association  to  make 
arrangements  at  once  for  the  collection  of  competent  evidence  of  overt 
acts  committed  against  the  operation  of  any  railroad,  being  particular  to 
identify  and  locate  the  guilty  persons  and  secure  statements  of  reliable 
witnesses,  and  also  secure  evidence  connecting  such  overt  acts  with  the 
olScers  of  the  American  Railway  Union. 

After  discussion  of  the  resolution,  which  was  approved,  the  meeting  ad- 
journed until  II  o'clock  the  following  day,  June  30,  1894. 

E.  ST.  JOHN, 
Chas.  p.  Dawley,  Chairman. 

Secretary. 


lib 


MINUTES   OF   SPECIAL   MEETING. 


Chicago,  June  30,  1894. 

MINUTES  of  a  Special  Meeting  held  at  732  Rookery  Building, 
Chicago,  June  30,  1S94,  at  11  o'clock  A.  M.,  pursuant  to  adjourn- 
ment from  the  previous  day.  Mr.  St.  John,  Chairman,  presiding. 
Present  : 

A.,  T.  &  S.  F..  -        -         -        D.  B.  Robinson,  ist  Vice-Frest. 

Bait.  &;  Ohio.  -        -        -  R.  B.  Campbell.  Gen.  Mgr. 

Chi.  &  Alton,       -        -        -        C.  H.  Chappell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

Chi.  &  Erie,  -         -         -     J.  C.  MOORHEAD,  Gen.  Supt. 

(^    v^  TT    Til  '  _  \  M.  J.  Carpenter,  Brest,  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

(  O.  S.  Lyford.  Vice-Prest. 
C.  &  W.  Ind.,      .        -        -        B.  Thomas,  Brest,  and  Gen.  Mgr. 
C.  &  G.  T.,      -         -         -  A.  B.  Atwater,  Gen.  Supt. 

C.  &  N.-W.,         -        -        -      J.  M-  Whitman,  Gen.  Mgr. 
C,  B.  &  O.,    -        -        -  W.  F.  Merrill.  Gen.  Mgr. 

C,  M.  &  St.  P.,    -        -        -      A.  J.  Earling,  Gen.  Mgr. 

(  R.  R.  Cable,  Prest. 

(  E.  St.  John,  Gen.  Mgr. 

\  A.  B.  Sticknev.  Prest. 

'  C.  Shields,  Gen.  Supt. 
C.  &  N.  P.,      -        -         -  S.  R.  Ainslie,  Gen.  Mgr. 

111.  Cent.,      -        -        -        -      J.  T.  Harahan,  2d  Vice-Prest. 
L.,  N.  A.  &  C,        -        -  W.  H.  McDoel,  Vice-Prest.  and  G.  M. 

L.  S.  &  M.  S.,  -        -        W.  H.  Canniff,  Gen.  Supt. 

Mich.  Cent.,  -         -        -     ROBT.  Miller.  Gen.  Supt. 

I  A.  W.  Johnston,  Gen.  Supt. 
N.  Y.  C.  (i  St.  L  ,    -        -         ■  C.  D.  Gorham,  Supt. 

(  John  McKenzie,  Supt.  Motive  Power. 
P.,  Ft.  W.  &  C.  -        -        Chas.  Watts,  Gen.  Supt. 

P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L.,  -       -  L.  F.  LOREE,  Supt. 

Wis.  Central,         -        -        -      Mr.  Ainslie,  of  the  C.  &  N.  P. 
Wabash  R.  R.,  -        -         -  G.  S.  GOODRICH,  Supt. 

For  the  Committees,     -        -      J.  M.  Egan. 


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C,  R.  I.  &  P., 
Chi.  Gt.  Western 


The  roll  was  called  for  statements  of  the  situation. 

A.,  T.  &  S.  F.— No  improvement  in  the  situation  since  yesterday. 
En.gineers  and  firemen  in  Chicago  yard  went  out  last  night  at  midnight 
because  they  would  not  work  with  non-union  men  under  protection  of  the 
United  States  marshals.  One  engine  working  this  morning,  and  Mr. 
Egan  promises  to  furnish  five  or  six  crews  to-day.  All  trains  running  between 
here  and  La  Junta.  Seventy-five  U.  S.  marshals  stationed  at  La  Junta. 
At  Trinidad  a  mob  took  the  engineer  and  fireman  oiT  the  train  and  took 
them  up  town  and  beat  them  badly.  At  Raton  the  situation  was  just  as 
it  was  yesterday.  Expect  to  have  United  States  troops  there  to-day. 
The  Atlantic  &  Pacific  is  running  trains  with  Pullman  cars  to  Albu- 
querque, and  turning  them  around  and  commg  back.  No  one  riding  in 
the  sleepers.     The  California  Southern  and  Southern  Pacific  still  tied  up. 

B.  &  O. — All  passenger  trains  left  the  city  yesterday  on  time,  and 
were  delayed  very  little  in  getting  out  of  the  city  limits.  Local  passen- 
ger train  was  stopped  at  Brighton  Park  by  the  C.  &  N.  P.  freight  train, 
and  was  compelled  to  back  up.  The  engine  was  surrounded  by  a  mob 
who  threatened  the  engineer,  cut  off  the  air  from  the  train,  and  threw 
sand  and  gravel  in  the  oil  boxes  and  machinery  of  the  engine,  and  stole 
the  oil  cups.  The  engineer  went  into  the  crowd  and  got  his  oil  cups 
back,  and  backed  his  train  up  to  another  switch  further  south  and  came 
up  on  another  track.  Had  three  engines  at  work  in  South  Chicago  yard 
and  two  in  the  switching  yard,  passenger  trains  going  out  nearly  on 
time  this  morninsr. 

Chicago  &  Alton. — No  marked  change.  Freight  business  practi- 
cally at  a  standstill  by  reason  of  the  brakemen  refusing  to  perform  their 
duties.  Have  made  no  move  to  force  the  issue,  and  are  waiting  develop- 
ments. 

Chicago  &  Erie. — Switchmen,  including  the  engineers  and  firemen, 
went  out  at  51st  street  last  night  at  7  o'clock.  Passenger  trains  have  all 
gone  as  far  as  Hammond  on  time.  Yesterday  a  train  was  delayed  at 
Calumet  River  draw,  and  the  Pullman  cars  taken  from  it  by  the  strikers 
and  run  on  to  a  sidetrack  by  one  of  the  strikers  who  displaced  the  engineer. 
After  the  train  was  coupled  up  again  they  said  it  was  all  right  for  them 
to  go  ahead.  The  officers  had  refused  to  have  this  done  without  the  sleep- 
ers and  the  train  was  there  yet.  and  behind  it  were  four  other  pas- 
senger trains.  West-bound  passenger  trains  are  at  Griffith  and  Crown 
Point,  Indiana.  If  it  were  not  for  the  difficulties  at  Hammond  there 
would  be  no  trouble  in  moving  passenger  trains. 

C.  &:  E.  III. — Men  in  the  shops  at  Danville  requested  that  their  pay 
be  advanced  to  the  figure  of  1893,  and  the  company  discontinue  hauling 
Pullman  cars.     This  demand  was  refused  and  they  replied  that  they  would 


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strike  at  six  o'clock.  When  train  No.  5  got  there  at  4:30  in  the  afternoon, 
it  was  stopped  by  a  mob  and  was  still  there  with  two  other  trains.  No 
freight  moved  in  any  direction.  The  company  is  following  the  same 
course  as  Mr.  Chappell,  waiting  for  developments.  The  men  all  went  out, 
including  some  operators,  coal  heavers,  car  inspectors,  call  boys,  and 
everything  else  at  Danville  and  Terre  Haute. 

C.  &  W.  Ind.  —  Its  own  trains  moving  on  time,  but  some  of  the 
tenant  lines  were  not  able  to  get  their  trains  off  the  Western  Indiana 
tracks  on  account  of  the  blockade  at  Hammond.  The  engineers  and 
firemen  had  concluded,  after  consultation,  to  work  with  the  new  men. 

C.  &  G.  T. — Switchmen  in  Chicago  went  out  at  10:30  last  niglit.  The 
two  operators  at  the  out  freight  yards  and  the  night  round-house  men  went 
out  at  the  same  time.  Passenger  trains  are  carrying  regular  complement 
of  sleepers. 

C.  &.  N.-W. — Passenger  service  moving  without  any  interruption.  All 
out  freight  being  handled  properly.  Part  of  the  men  in  the  car  shops  and 
machinery  department  had  quit  work.  Handled  in  and  out  of  Western 
Avenue  yard  yesterday  1,600  freight  cars.  Brought  in  no  live  stock  on 
account  of  Stock  Yards  not  being  able  to  take  care  of  it. 

C.  B.  &  O.— Passenger  trains  running  as  usual.  Brought  new  men  in 
from  the  road  to  switch  in  the  yards.  Three  engine  crews  at  Hawthorne 
left  their  engines  and  were  promptly  replaced.  Have  seven  engines  at 
work  at  Western  Avenue,  Union  Street  and  in  the  lumber  district  and  are 
handling  all  the  business  they  have  to  handle. 

C  ,  M.  &  St.  p. — Nothing  new  to  report.  Men  are  all  at  work  the 
same  as  usual. 

C,  R.  I.  &  P.— Switchmen  at  Blue  Island  left  this  morning  at  7 
o'clock,  causing  some  interference  with  trains.  They  moved  one  of  the 
switches  and  spiked  it  after  the  dummy  train  got  onto  the  main  track, 
which  for  a  short  time  blocked  some  of  the  mail  trains,  but  they  had  now 
been  moved.  Are  having  some  difficulty  at  the  shops  by  a  mob  who 
drove  the  men  out  of  the  round-house.  Police  protection  had  been  sent 
for. 

Chicago  Gt.  Western — Expected  trouble  with  the  road  engineers. 
Had  trains  delayed  at  Dubuque  and  Oelwein  by  mobs  of  employes  and 
citizens. 

C.  &  N.  P. — Freight  and  passenger  trains  moving.  Suburban  trains  all 
running.  Two  firemen  who  had  gone  out  a  few  days  ago  came  back  and 
went  to  work  Experiencing  some  trouble  in  getting  sufficient  police 
protection.  A  new  fireman  was  slugged  and  badly  injured  as  he  was  leav- 
ing the  Robey  street  round-house  after  putting  his  engine  away.  Milk 
train  that  usually  leaves  its  cars  at  Ada  street  was  prevented  from  doing  ?o 


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by  a  mob,  and  brought  the  train  to  the  passenger  station.  The  company 
had  all  the  men  necessary. 

Illinois  Central. — Not  in  as  good  shape  as  yesterday  on  the  termi- 
nals. Some  of  the  suburban  trains  not  running.  Passenger  trains  had  been 
gotten  out  on  time  and  with  regular  equipment.  Not  doing  much  freight 
business  except  perishable.  Had  some  delays  at  C.  &.  E.  I.  crossing  be- 
yond Kensington  on  account  of  tampering  with  the  interlocking  system. 
Yesterday  tive  or  six  engines  were  killed,  some  of  them  taken  from  the 
suburban  trains.  The  mobs  still  held  the  trains  at  Cairo.  The  United 
States  marshal  at  Cairo  yesterday  made  a  compromise  with  the  strikers 
and  they  agreed  to  let  the  mail  train  go  out,  but  when  it  got  to  Mounds. 
four  miles  from  there,  it  encountered  a  mob  of  strikers  who  stopped  the 
train  and  took  the  sleepers  off  and  switched  them  into  the  yard  and  put  a 
lot  of  freight  cars  on  each  side  of  them.  The  passengers  captured  the 
train  and  took  it  on,  and  the  Pullmans  were  afterwards  taken  out  and  put 
on  the  vegetable  train.  Trains  from  the  west  coming  and  going  on  time 
with  no  difficulties.  Mr.  Harahan  had  received  a  telegram  saying  that  the 
strikers  at  Cairo  had  seized  an  engine  and  were  filling  up  the  main  tracks 
with  cars.  The  work  was  being  done  by  a  band  of  about  thirty  strikers. 
He  had  been  entirely  unable  to  get  protection  so  far.  The  Governor  had 
sent  the  Adjutant-General  to  Cairo  and  it  was  hoped  that  he  would  order 
out  the  militia. 

L.  N.  A.  &  C. — Switchmen  at  49th  street  went  out  yesterday  at  one 
o'clock  without  giving  notice,  also  the  car  repairers.  Last  night  train  No. 
3,  the  night  train,  with  13  cars,  four  of  them  sleepers,  was  stopped  at 
Hammond  by  a  mob  estimated  at  500  or  600  people,  who  previous  to  that 
time  had  stopped  the  Erie  train.  The  sheriff  was  there  with  about  30 
deputies,  but  was  unable  to  I'ender  any  assistance,  and  the  strikers  pushed 
the  train  on  the  sidetrack,  where  it  remained.  The  United  States  marshal 
from  Indianapolis  was  theie  and  arrested  three  of  the  leaders  that  had 
stopped  the  L.  N.  A.  &  C.  train  48  hours  previous  to  that  time,  and  they 
were  sent  to  Indianapolis.  Judge  Field,  who  is  in  charge  at  Hammond, 
had  telegraphed  Governor  Matthews  for  troops.  Mr.  McDoel  had  also 
wired  Gov.  Matthews,  and  he  replied  that  he  had  wired  the  sheritT  to  know 
what  the  status  was,  and  wanted  to  know  why  they  did  not  call  on  the 
federal  authorities  as  to  the  mail  train.  He  had  replied  to  the  Governor 
that  they  were  entitled  to  protection  from  the  State  of  Indiana.  The 
sheriff  stated  that  he  had  informed  the  Governor  of  the  state  of  affairs 
that  existed,  and  that  he  was  unable  to  afford  protection. 

L.  S.  &  M.  S. — There  has  been  no  interruption  of  business  or  any 
trouble  of  any  kind  on  any  part  of  the  main  line.  Had  had  engines  stop- 
ped on  their  way  to  the  stock  yards  and  were  forced  to  return  them  to  the 
43d  street  yard. 


N.  Y.  C.  &  St.  L. — No  delay  on  account  of  their  own  men. 

P..  C.  C.  &.  St.  L. — Yesterday  they  brought  in  sixty-seven  new  men; 
had  some  difficulty  installing  them  as  there  were  no  yardmasters  at  work 
familiar  with  the  locations.  Were  handling  all  the  passenger  trains  on 
time,  with  two  engines.  Work  was  being  done  at  Pleasant  Street  and 
Boston  Street  freight  houses.  At  two  o'clock  an  engine  was  sent  to  the 
39th  Street  yard  and  got  nineteen  cars  of  Packingtown  freight,  all  there 
was  at  that  point  for  them.  Found  strikers  there  who  threatened  to  set 
fire  to  the  cars  if  they  left  Brighton  Park ;  as  there  were  some  empty  cars 
fired  at  that  point  Tuesday  it  was  thought  best  to  take  these  cars  to  39th 
Street  and  they  went  out  on  Train  32.  One  local  freight  and  two  through 
freights  were  brought  in.  The  yard  engineers  and  firemen  went  out  and 
the  Superintendent  had  a  consultation  with  them.  All  but  four  or  five 
were  members  of  the  American  Railway  Union.  They  were  told  that 
unless  they  reported  for  work  this  morning  their  places  would  be  filled. 
Normally  they  worked  eleven  crews  and  expected  to  have  the  full  com- 
plement at  work  to-day.  Last  night  about  nine  o'clock  when  the  first 
section  of  No.  10  came  to  the  1.  C.  crossing  at  Riverdale  it  was  stopped 
by  a  mob  of  200  men.  They  covered  the  conductor  with  a  revolver  and 
cut  off  the  sleeper  and  pushed  in  into  the  siding  by  hand.  About  three 
P.  M.  the  operator  went  down  ihe  track  and  found  the  mob  was  gone,  and 
the  engine  was  sent  back  for  the  Pullman  sleeper,  which  was  put  in  the 
train  and  it  proceeded. 

P..  Ft.  W.  li  C.  —  Reported  no  trouble  except  at  Chicago  and  in  the 
vicinity.  Freight  trains  are  practically  on  time.  At  ten  o'clock  the  55th 
Street  yard  switchmen  went  out.  saying  they  had  no  grievance  but  were 
afraid  of  being  hurt.  Mr.  Watts  thought  an  effort  should  be  made  to 
secure  the  localities  of  large  buildings,  draw-bridges,  etc.,  that  would  be 
subject  to  attack  and  destruction  in  case  of  mobs  becoming  excited. 

Wisconsin  Central. — The  Chairman  read  a  message  from  Mr. 
Whitcomb  saying  that  they  were  moving  passenger  trains  with  regularity, 
and  freight  trains  fairly  well. 

Michigan  Central.— A  committee  of  switchmen  from  the  Stock 
Yards.  Kensington  and  Chicago  yards  had  called  upon  Mr.  Miller  and 
wanted  to  know  if  the  company  would  protect  them  to  the  extent  of  not 
handling  transfer  freight  for  a  few  days;  that  they  felt  kindly  towards  the 
Michigan  Central  and  it  ought  to  favor  them  to  that  extent.  They  were 
informed  that  they  would  be  expected  to  handle  all  business  that  was  on 
Michigan  Central  tracks,  no  matter  where  it  came  from.  Upon  receiving 
that  answer  they  said  that  they  would  strike  at  noon  to-day. 

Wabash  R.  R.— Passenger  trains  moving  as  usual.  Last  night  at 
seven  o'clock  the  switchmen  stopped  work  at  Chicago,  and  this  morning 
went  out  at  St.  Louis,  with  no  notice  at  either  place. 


Hon.  Geo.  R.  Peck,  Chairman  of  the  committee  of  legal  representatives,- 
said  that  the  committee  had  had  a  visit  from  the  United  States  District 
Attorney,  Mr.  Milchrist,  who  assured  them  of  his  co-operation  and  said 
that  his  orders  from  the  Attorney- General  were  imperative  to  see  that 
mail  trains  were  moved. 

Judge  Peck  then  read  the  following  instructions  given  by  Judge  Ross  of 
the  United  States  Court  at  Los  Angeles,  California,  to  the  grand  jury, 
prior  to  their  considering  the  cases  of  strikers  on  the  Southern  California 
Railroad  : 

INSTRUCTIONS  TO  GRAND  JURY. 

By  Judge  Ross,  United  States  Court. 

Gentlemen  of  the  Jury  :— Under  and  by  virtue  of  the  provisions  of 
the  statutes  of  the  United  States,  all  railroads  and  parts  of  railroads  which 
are  run  and  operated,  are  post  roads,  and  every  railroad  company  in  the 
United  States  whose  road  is  operated  by  steam  is  authorized  to  carry  upon 
and  over  its  road,  boats,  bridges  and  ferries,  the  passengers,  troops,  gov- 
ernment supplies,  mails,  freight  and  property  on  their  way  from  any  state 
to  another  state,  and  to  connect  with  the  roads  of  other  states  so  as  to 
form  continuous  lines  for  the  transportation  of  the  same  to  place  of  desti- 
nation. A  railroad  which  is  a  link  in  another  line  of  road  for  the  trans- 
portation of  freight  and  passengers  into  another  state  or  from  other  states, 
and  from  that  state  to  other  states,  is  engaged  in  the  business  of  interstate 
commerce,  and  every  organization  or  conspiracy  in  restraint  of  such  trade 
or  commerce  is  by  statute  declared  to  be  illegal,  and  all  persons  so  com- 
bining and  conspiring  are  by  law  guilty  of  the  commission  of  a  crime. 
Congress  has  passed  laws  to  regulate  such  crimes,  and  has  provided  among 
other  things  that  any  common  carrier  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  In- 
terstate Commerce  Act,  or  whenever  any  such  common  carrier  is  a  corpor- 
ation, any  director  or  officer  thereof  or  any  receiver,  trustee,  lessee,  agent 
or  person  acting  for  or  employed  by  such  corporation,  who  alone  or  with 
any  other  corporation,  company,  person,  or  party  shall  wrongfully  commit 
or  fail  to  do  any  act.  matter  or  thing  required  to  be  done  by  the  act,  or 
shall  cause  or  wilfully  suffer  or  permit  any  act,  matter  or  thing  so  directed 
or  required  by  the  act  to  be  done,  not  to  be  done,  or  shall  aid  or  abet  such 
commission  or  failure,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  pun- 
ished in  a  certain  prescribed  way.  It  is  also  declared  by  the  statutes  of 
the  United  States  that  any  person  who  shall  knowingly  and  wilfully 
obstruct  or  retard  the  passage  of  the  mail  is  guilty  of  a  crime  and  will  be 
punished.     It  is  further  declared  by  the  United  States  statutes  that  "if 


two  or  more  persons  conspire  to  commit  any  offense  against  the  United 
States  and  one  or  more  of  sucli  parties  do  any  act  to  effect  the  object  of 
such  conspiracy  all  of  the  parlies  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  not  more 
than  ten  thousand  dollars,  or  to  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  two  years, 
or  to  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Court." 

I  charge  you,  gentlemen  of  the  jury,  to  forthwith  diligently  inquire 
whether  any  of  the  laws  of  the  United  States  to  which  I  have  specially 
called  your  attention  have  been  violated  by  any  person  or  persons.  You 
must  in  the  language  of  the  oath  which  you  and  each  of  you  took  when 
impaneled  as  grand  jurors,  "present  no  person  from  envy,  hatred  or 
malice,  neither  shall  you  leave  any  person  unpresented  from  fear,  from 
affection,  gain,  reward  or  the  hope  thereof,  but  you  shall  present  the  cases 
truly  as  they  come  to  your  knowledge,  according  to  the  best  of  your  under- 
standing."' It  is  of  the  first  importance  that  the  law  be  in  all  cases  and 
at  all  times  maintained.  This  is  especially  true  in  times  like  the  present, 
when  there  seems  to  be  abroad  in  the  land  a  spirit  of  unrest,  and  in  many 
instances  a  defiance  of  law  and  order.  Every  man  should  know  and  must* 
be  made  to  know  that  whatever  wrongs  and  grievances  exist,  no  matter  in 
what  quarter,  can  only  be  corrected  through  lawful  means,  for  the  great 
mass  of  the  American  people  are  law-loving  and  law-abiding,  and  will  not 
tolerate  any  high-handed  or  unlawful  attempt  to  correct  wrongs,  whether 
they  be  real  or  imaginary.  It  is  true  that  every  man  has  a  lawful  right  to 
stop  work  when  he  chooses  to  do  so,  unless  there  be  a  contract  that  obliges 
him  to  continue  for  a  definite  time,  but  no  man  has  the  legal  or  moral 
right,  when  in  the  employment  of  another,  to  refuse  to  do  the  work  he  is 
employed  and  engages  to  do,  and  where  such  refusal  goes  to  constitute  a 
violation  of  a  law  of  the  United  States  it  is  the  solemn  duty  of  those 
charged  with  its  administration  to  take  every  step  requisite  and  necessary 
to  its  complete  vindication. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Legal  Committee  then  read  the  committee's  re- 
port as  follows  : 

REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  LEGAL 
DEPARTMENTS. 

Chicago.  June  29,  1894. 
To  Mr.  E.  St.  John, 

Chairman^  General  Managers'  Association  : 
Dear  Sir  :     We  submit  to  you  the  following  report  of  the  proceedings 
of  the  meeting  of  the  solicitors  of  the  several  roads,  held  at  the  request 
-of  the  General  Managers'  Association  on  Friday.  June  29th,  1894,  to  con- 


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sider  the  several  questions  submitted  to  them  by  the  General  Managers'- 
Association  : 

There  were  present  at  the  meeting  the  following  gentlemen  : 

Mr.  Geo.  R.  Peck,  representing  the  A.,  T.  &  S.  F.  R.  R.  Co. 

Mr.  William  Brown,  Chicago  &  Alton  R.  R.  Co. 

Mr.  William  McFaddon,  Lake  Shore  &  Michigan  Southern  R.  R. 

Mr.  Geo.  W.  Kretzinger,  L..  N.  A.  &  C.  Ry.  Co. 

Mr.  L.  W.  Bowers,  C,  &  N.-W.  Ry.  Co. 

Mr.  Chester  Daws,  C,  B.  &  O.  R.  R.  Co. 

Mr.  W.  H.  Lyford,  Chicago  &  E.  HI.  R.  R.  Co. 

Mr.  W.  O.  Johnson,  Chi.  6c  Erie  R.  R.  Co. 

Mr.  Burton  Hanson,  Chi.,  Mil.  &  St.  P.  Ry.  Co. 

Mr.  Kemper  K.  Knapp,  C.  &  N.  P.  R.  R.  Co. 

Mr.  E.  H.  Gary,  B.  &  O.  R.  R.  Co. 

Mr.  Thomas  S.  Wright,  C.  R.  I.  cS:  P.  Ry.  Co. 

Mr.  James  Fentress  and  Mr.  C.  V.  Gwin,  I.  C.  R.  R.  Co. 
»       Mr.  C.  M.  Osborn  and  Mr.  S.  A.  Lynde.  Chi.  &  Western  Ind.  R.  R.  Co. 

The  meeting  was  organized  by  the  selection  of  Mr.  Geo.  R.  Peck  as  its 
Chairman  and  Mr.  S.  A.  Lynde  as  its  Secretary. 

The  several  questions  submitted  by  the  General  Managers"  Association 
for  the  consideration  of  the  solicitors  were  in  turn  presented  to  the  meet- 
ing and  considered  by  it,  and  it  was  voted  by  the  meeting  to  make  the 
following  answers  to  said  questions,  namely  : 

1.  To  the  first  question:  ''Shall  the  railroad  companies  have  crim- 
inal prosecution  instituted  against  officers  of  the  American  Railway  Union, 
under  the  laws  of  Illinois  as  to  conspiracies  to  injure  business,  or  the  boy- 
cott law  of  Illinois?      If  so,  what  course  shall  be  pursued? "' 

The  answer  agreed  upon  by  the  meeting  was  "  Not  at  present." 

2.  To  the  second  question  so  submitted:  "Shall  the  railroad  com- 
panies have  parties  interfering  with  interstate  commerce  prosecuted  under 
the  United  States  act  of  1890  and  Section  5440  of  the  United  States  stat- 
utes?    If  so,  how?  " 

The  answer  agreed  upon  by  the  meeting  was  as  follows :  ''  Yes,  through 
the  LInited  States  District  Attorney's  office  under  all  United  States  stat- 
utes which  have  been  violated." 

3.  To  the  third  question  so  submitted :  ''  Shall  the  railroad  com- 
panies join  in  the  expenses  to  have  parties  prosecuted  for  interrupting 
mail  trains,  under  the  United  States  statutes?  " 

The  answer  agreed  upon  by  the  meeting  is  "  Yes." 

4.  To  the  fourth  question  so  submitted  :  "  If  so,  shall  it  be  by  m- 
formation  filed  by  the  United  States  District  Attorney  or  by  affidavits 
filed  and  writs  issued  by  the  United  States  Commissioner  for  arrest  of 
particular  parties  interrupting  mail  trains?  " 


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The  answer  agreed  upon  by  the  meeting  is  :  "In  such  manner  as  the 
United  States  District  Attorney  shall  direct." 

5.  To  the  fifth  question  so  submitted:  "Shall  the  railroad  com- 
panies sue  civilly  officers  of  the  A..  R.  U.,  and  those  whom  they  send  to 
persuade  employes  to  quit  the  service  and  tie  up  the  business  of  the 
roads  ?" 

The  answer  agreed  upon  by  the  meeting  is  "  Not  at  present." 

6.  To  the  sixth  question:  "Shall  the  railroad  companies  apply  for 
mjunctions  to  prevent  A.  R.  U.  men  from  going  on  their  grounds,  or  in- 
terfering with  their  men  ?  " 

The  answer  agreed  upon  is  as  follows  :  "  Yes,  by  such  roads  as  a  com- 
mittee of  seven,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Chairman  of  this  meeting,  shall 
upon  consideration  advise ;  and  in  case  any  company  applies  for  such 
injunction,  all  the  other  companies  represented  by  the  General  Managers' 
Association  shall  co-operate  to  secure  a  successful  issue." 

7.  To  the  seventh  question  so  submitted:  "Shall  they  apply  for 
mandatory  injunction  compelling  A.  R.  U.  officers  to  withdraw  orders  for 
strikes?" 

The  answer  of  the  meeting  is :  "  We  recommend  leaving  this  question 
to  the  discretion  of  the  committee  provided  for  in  the  answer  to  the  sixth 
question." 

The  meeting  also  adopted  the  following  resolution,  of  which  a  copy  has 
already  been  presented  to  your  Association  : 

^'■Resolved,  That  we  advise  the  General  Managers'  Association  to  make 
arrangements  at  once  for  collection  of  competent  evidence  of  all  overt 
acts  committed  against  the  operation  of  any  railroad,  being  particular  to 
identify  and  locate  the  guilty  persons  and  secure  statements  of  reliable 
witnesses  of  such  overt  acts  ;  and  also  secure  evidence  connecting  such 
acts  with  the  officers  of  the  American  Railway  Union." 
Yours  very  respectfully, 

GEO.   R.  PECK, 
S.  A.   LYNUE,  Chairman. 

Secretary. 

We  desire  also  to  submit  the  following  supplemental  report  : 

The  Chairman  appointed  as  members  of  the  committee  of  seven  the 
following  gentlemen:  Mr.  Bowers,  of  C.  &  N.-W.,  Chairman;  Mr. 
Wright,  of  C,  R.  I.  &  P.;  Mr.  Brown,  of  C.  &  A.;  Mr.  Gwin.  of  I.  C.  R. 
R.;  Mr.  W.  O.  Johnson,  of  C.  &  Erie  R.  R. ;  Mr.  Egan,  of  A.,  T.  &  S.  F. 
R.  R.;    Mr.  Gary,  of  B.  &  O.  R.  R. 


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It  was  also  resolved  that  the  meeting  submit  in  addition  to  its  report 
the  accompanying  statement : 

Gentlemen  :  That  our  answers  to  the  questions  asked  may  not  be 
misunderstood,  we  desire  to  add  : 

That  we  think  the  action  taken  by  the  strikers  is  a  violation  of  both  the 
Federal  and  State  laws,  but  think  the  action  which  can  be  had  under  the 
Federal  laws  will  be  more  speedy  and  efficacious.  At  the  same  time, 
wherever  violence  or  intimidation  can  be  proved,  all  who  can  be  shown  to 
have  participated  or  advised  it  should  be  immediately  prosecuted,  under 
any  and  every  law  applicable  to  the  case :  and  the  Association  should  lend 
its  assistance  to  the  several  companies  who  shall  have  occasion  to  institute 
such  proceedings  and  to  the  proper  officers  of  the  law  whose  duty  it  is  to 
prosecute  offenses  against  the  law. 

We  do  not  advise  a  prosecution  by  the  associated  roads  founded  on  the 
general  concerted  action  of  the  strikers;  because  we  do  not  think  the  time 
ripe  for  the  commencement  of  that  action,  or  the  evidence  sufficiently 
complete  in  that  regard. 

As  to  the  civil  actions  in  the  form  of  injunctions,  each  road  can  best 
appreciate  its  own  necessities,  and  they  should  have  full  liberty  to  proceed 
as  they  may  deem  proper;  and  any  and  all  proceedings  which  they  shall 
institute  on  approval  by  the  committee  appointed  should  be  carried  on  at 
the  common  expense  of  all  the  companies. 

The  purpose  of  the  appointment  of  a  committee  was  that  the  laws  appli- 
cable to  the  situation  might  be  carefully  examined  and  advice  and  assist- 
ance promptly  rendered  to  any  of  the  attorneys  who  should  have  prosecu- 
tions, either  civil  or  criminal,  in  charge,  and  also  that  a  proper  understand- 
ing may  be  had  with  the  prosecuting  attorney  and  other  officers  of  the  law 
controlling  criminal  proceedings. 

It  was  moved  and  seconded  that  the  report  be  received  and  approved 
by  the  Association.     Carried  unanimously. 

Mr.  St.  John  reported  for  Committee  No.  i  that,  up  to  this  time,  every 
demand  upon  it  for  labor  had  been  supplied. 


Mr.  Egan  stated  that  he  had  had  a  conference  with  the  Chief  of  Police, 
who  had  stated  that  if  the  roads  would  furnish  the  number  of  the  star  of 
any  policemen  who  refused  to  do  their  duty,  they  would  be  removed  from 
the    force.       He  requested   that   the   railroads  should  furnish  meals    to 


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policemen  who  were  at  points  where  they  were  unable  to  get  back  to  the 
stations  to  obtain  them.  The  Chief  of  Police  had  expressed  a  willingness 
to  put  policemen  on  trains  both  incoming  and  outgoing,  for  the  purpose 
of  obtaining  names  and  arresting  those  who  interfered  with  the  passage 
of  trains. 

After  further  discussion  of  the  situation  the  meeting  adjourned  to  the 
following  day,  July  ist,  at  ii  o'clock,  A.  M. 

E.  ST.  JOHN, 

Chas.  p.  Dawley,  Chairman. 

Se,cretary. 


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GENERAL  MANAGERS'   ASSOCIATION. 


MINUTES   OF   SPECIAL   MEETING. 

July  i,  1894. 

MINUTES  of  a  Special  Meeting  held   at  732   Rookery   Building,. 
Chicago,  July  I,   at   11   o'clock  A.M.,   pursuant  to  adjournment 
from  the  previous  day.     Mr.  St.  John,  Chairman,  presiding.     Present : 


A.,  T.  &  S.  F.,    - 

B.  &  O.,  -        - 
Chi.  &  Erie,    - 

C.  &  E.  Ill, 

C.  &  W.  Indiana,   - 
C.  &  G.  T., 

C.  &  N.-W.,  - 

C,  B.  &  O., 
C.,M.  &St.  P.,      - 

C,  R.  I.  &  P.,     - 

Chi.  Gt.  Western, 

C.  &  N.  P., 
111.  Central,     - 
L.,  N.  A.  &C.,    - 

L.  S.  &  M.S., 

Mich.  Cent., 

N.  Y.,  C.  &  St.  L., 

P.,  F.  W.  &  C, 
P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L., 
Wis.  Central, 
Wabash  R.  R., 
For  the  Committees, 


D.  B.  Robinson,  ist  Vice-Prest. 
R.  B.  Campbell,  Gen.  Mgr. 
J.  C.  MOORHEAD,  Gen.  Supt. 

j  H.  H.  Porter,  Chairman  of  Board. 

I  O.  S.  Lyford,  Vice-Prest. 
B.  Thomas,  Prest.  &  Gen.  Mgr. 
A.  P.  Atwater,  Gen.  Supt. 
J.  M.  Whitman,  Gen.  Mgr. 

j  Geo.  B.  Harris,  \'ice-Prest. 

I  W.  F.  Merrill,  Gen.  Mgr. 
A.  J.  Earling,  Gen.  Mgr. 

!  R.  R.  Cable,  Prest.      • 
■]  E.  St.  John,  Gen.  Mgr. 

(  T.  S.  Wright,  Gen.  Atty. 

(  A.  B.  Stickney,  President. 

(  C.  Shields,  Gen.  Supt. 
S.  R.  Ainslie,  Gen.  Mgr. 
J.  T.  Harahan,  2d  Vice-Prest. 
W.  H.  McDOEL,  V.-P.  &  Gen.  Mgr. 

\  John  Newell,  Prest.  &  Gen.  Mgr. 

'  W.  H.  Canniff,  Gen.  Supt. 
RoBT.  Miller,  Gen.  Supt. 

\  A.  W.  Johnston,  Gen.  Supt. 

I  R.  C.  Bell,  Counsel. 
Chas.  Watts,  Gen.  Supt. 
L.  F.  Loree,  Supt. 
Mr.  Ainslie.  of  the  C.  &  N.  P. 
By  Mr.  Thomas,  of  the  C.  .^  W.  Ind. 
John  M.  Egan. 


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The  reports  of  the  members  on  the  situation  were  called  for  in  turn. 

A.,  T.  iv  S.  F.— Situation  in  Chicago  about  the  same  as  yesterday.  All 
passenger  trains  running  in  both  directions  with  full  equipment,  and  prac- 
tically on  time.  Road  engineers  had  held  a  meeting,  and  decided  that 
passenger  engineers  should  continue,  but  that  freight  engineers  should  de- 
cline to  work,  and  the  Company  had  been  trying  to  call  freight  men  all 
night,  and  when  they  could  not  be  found  they  were  discharged. 

At  Kansas  City  the  situation  was  improved.  The  engineers  and  firemen 
who  had  gone  because  new  switchmen  had  been  put  in.  notified  them  that 
they  would  go  to  work  Monday,  but  the  Company  had  replied  that  their 
places  were  filled.  The  line  is  open  from  Chicago  to  Denver  and  Grand 
Junction,  the  strikers  having  given  in  at  Grand  Junction  and  let  the  Santa 
Fe  and  the  D.  &  R.  G.  trains  out. 

The  situation  on  the  Atlantic  &  Pacific,  where  815  miles  of  road  had 
been  tied  up.  was  much  improved,  owing  to  the  Court  proceedings  at  Al- 
buquerque. Had  had  three  local  officials  of  the  A.  R.  U.  arrested  and  put 
in  jail.  They  were  out  on  bail,  but  it  had  had  a  beneficial  effect  on  the 
balance  of  the  strikers.  The  firemen,  who  had  been  giving  the  most  trou- 
ble, had  given  notice  that  they  would  go  to  work,  and  this  morning  they 
had  information  that  the  balance  of  the  men  on  the  A.  i!^:  P.  would  go  to 
work. 

Southern  California  still  tied  up.  Judge  Ross's  decision  would  put  it  in 
better  shape. 

B.  i!\:  O. — Passenger  trains  running  practically  on  time,  with  full  equip- 
ment. The  strikers  seemed  to  have  had  knowledge  of  the  location  of  new- 
men  in  an  incoming  train  and  stoned  the  car  they  were  in.  A  freight  train 
that  started  east  about  dark  was  attacked  by  strikers  just  this  side  of  city 
limits  and  the  engineer  compelled  to  sidetrack  his  train.  Nearly  all  the 
cars  were  sent  on  east  in  about  an  hour.  All  would  have  been  sent  but  for 
the  fact  that  the  strikers  had  robbed  them  of  coupling  pins.  One  striker 
had  been  arrested  by  the  police.  Also  one  of  the  Company's  engineers, 
for  drawing  a  revolver  to  defend  himself.     He  had  been  released. 

Debs  had  ordered  a  strike  by  telegraphing  to  an  engineer  and  conduc- 
tor at  Garrett  who  were  members  of  the  A.  R.  U.  It  had  not  developed 
yet  what  the  result  would  be.  All  of  the  trainmen,  engineers  and  fire- 
men were  apparently  with  the  Company.  Business  had  been  handled 
along  the  line  just  as  usual,  except  that  out  of  Chicago  ;  mail  had  been  put 
at  the  rear  of  the  train. 

Chicago  &  Erie. — On  account  of  the  defection  of  switchmen  in  Chi- 
cago no  freight  business  was  being  done  west  of  Hammond.  Outside  of 
that  they  were  doing  a  normal  amount  of  business.  Trains  had  been  re- 
leased at  Hammond  by  the  strikers  being  called  off.     Since  then  trains 


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were  running  in  and  out  without  delay.  8:45  train  last  night  cancelled  on 
account  of  not  having  the  equipment  here.  Trainmen  say  the  Company 
will  have  their  hearty  support  in  everything  that  is  in  their  line  of  duty. 

C.  &  W.  IND. — Trains  that  arrive  at  the  junction  points  are  brought  in 
all  right,  and  trains  starting  out  of  Dearborn  station  are  run  to  the  ter- 
minals without  delay. 

Ch.  &  G.  T. — Firemen,  freight  conductors  and  brakemen  went  out  last 
night  at  midnight,  consequently  were  unable  to  move  two  through  pas- 
senger trains  after  arrival  at  Battle  Creek,  the  engineers  being  unwilling 
to  go  out  with  new  men.  Engineers  are  holding  meeting  now,  and  the 
older  men  are  trying  to  get  the  others  to  do  their  work.  The  Chief  of  the 
Firemen's  Brotherhood  is  also  trying  to  get  the  firemen  back. 

C.  &  N.-W. — Up  to  last  night  had  moved  all  freight  and  passenger 
trains  regularly,  but  last  night  four  or  five  freight  trams  were  made  up  and 
did  not  go  out  on  account  of  firemen  and  brakemen.  Men  were  having 
meetings  to-day  to  determine  what  course  they  would  pursue.  Were  doing 
as  little  freight  business  as  possible  to-day.  Some  of  the  men  had  been 
working  night  and  day  and  were  nearly  tired  out.  Yesterday  evening  the 
Quartermaster  at  Fort  Sheridan  had  asked  for  a  train  from  Fort  Sheridan 
to  Hammond,  and  the  train  was  made  up  ready  to  start  from  Milwaukee 
when  the  order  was  cancelled  by  the  Quartermaster. 

C.  B.  &.  Q. — Nothing  new  to  report.  Had  all  the  men  needed.  Had 
a  message  from  Mr.  G.  W.  Holdredge,  of  the  B.  &  M.,  saying  he  had  had 
no  trouble. 

C.  M.  &  St.  p. — The  switchmen  at  Western  Ave.  received  orders  from 
Debs,  to  strike,  and  they  had  had  several  meetings  without  determining 
what  course  they  would  pursue.  At  Minneapolis  all  of  the  switchmen 
went  out,  and  a  few  of  the  car  repairers.  At  Milwaukee  the  men  had  not 
gone  out  and  say  they  do  not  propose  to.  The  St.  Paul  road,  being  what 
is  known  as  a  Federated  road,  it  would  require  the  consent  of  five  unions 
to  declare  a  strike.  Last  night  one  train  which  runs  to  Michigan  was  con- 
solidated with  a  St.  Paul  train  that  left  later.  Other  trains  left  as  usual, 
except  some  short  trains  running  only  fifteen  miles  or  so. 

C,  R.  1.  &  P. — Mr.  St.  John  reported  the  situation  on  the  Rock  Island 
as  worse  than  heretofore.  A  train  was  derailed  at  Blue  Island,  and  the 
mob  prevented  the  track  from  being  cleared,  thereby  holding  several 
trains  at  Joliet  eastbound  and  preventing  the  westbound  trains  from  pro- 
ceeding. Mob  at  Blue  Island,  53d,  51st  and  46th  streets  would  not  allow 
switches  to  be  thrown  and  engines  could  not  be  gotten  to  or  from  the  round- 
houses. Had  about  50  United  States  marshals  and  deputy  sheriffs  at 
Blue  Island  last  night,  but  they  were  unable  to  do  anything  in  the  way  of 
protecting  the  men  while  clearing  the  tracks  or  movmg  trains.  Switch- 
men and  firemen  are  all  out  and  one  engineer  has  left  his  post.     Have  had 


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no  trouble  so  far  with  engineers  and  brakemen.  Merwin,  who  threw  the 
switch  at  Blue  Island,  and  two  firemen  had  been  arrested,  and  would  be 
examined  before  U.  S.  Commissioner  Hoyne.  Merwin  is  already  under 
$i5,ocx)  bonds  by  the  State.  Making  no  effort  to  do  anything,  thinking  it 
advisable  to  remain  quiet ;  but  if  men  refuse  to  go  to  work  to-morrow  will 
fill  their  places. 

Chi.  Great  Western. — Passenger  trains  moving  practically  on  time 
with  regular  equipment.  The  only  interference  since  last  report  was  at  the 
Union  Depot  at  St.  Paul,  where  the  mob  kept  the  train  out  of  the  depot  by 
throwing  the  switch  and  greasing  the  rails.  Not  moving  any  freight  trains 
but  intend  to  resume  to-morrow  morning.  E.xpect  to  get  quite  a  number 
of  old  men  back.  Are  working  one  engine  at  Chicago.  Employed  eight 
new  engineers  yesterday,  and  ten  new  firemen.  The  situation  on  the 
whole  is  improved.  Have  a  full  force  of  switchmen,  enginemen  and  fire- 
men for  the  engines  at  Chicago,  and  intend  to  start  them  to-morrow. 

C.  &  N.  P. — Service  uninterrupted.  Freight  and  passenger  and  subXir- 
ban  trains  running  on  time.  Freight  is  handled  by  new  men,  new  engin- 
eers and  firemen.  On  suburban  trains  the  old  engineers  are  working  with 
non-union  firemen  and  assure  Mr.  Ainslie  they  will  continue  to  work. 
Chicago  &  Calumet  Terminal  men  notified  Mr.  Ainslie  that  the  road  was 
tied  up,  and  as  the  business  was  very  light,  he  had  issued  an  order  dis- 
charging every  man  on  the  road  excepting  watchmen  enough  to  look  after 
the  shops  and  station  houses.  He  had  received  a  request  to  withhold  the 
order  until  a  delegation  representing  all  of  the  employes  could  come  up 
and  meet  him,  and  he  had  done  so. 

Illinois  Central. — Passenger  trains  had  been  getting  out  of  the 
station  on  time,  with  full  equipment.  Got  in  one  freight  train  this  morn- 
ing and  one  passenger  train,  which  had  gotten  through  Cairo,  and  con- 
tained two  or  three  trains  that  had  been  tied  up  there.  Doing  nothing  in 
the  suburban  service  because  the  firemen  have  refused  to  fire  their  en- 
gines, pretending  to  be  afraid.  Tha  suburban  engineers  say  they  will  not 
go  out  with  new  firemen,  Mr.  Harahan  immediately  sent  over  to  Mr. 
Egan  and  he  promptly  sent  over  lo  firemen  and  lo  engineers,  and  he  was 
about  to  start  them  to  work  in  the  suburban  service  and  on  the  switch  en- 
gines, when  the  engineers  asked  him  to  postpone  it,  which  was  done.  Had 
to  put  one  of  the  foreman  on  the  Cincinnati  train  as  fireman  this  morn- 
ing.    Are  expecting  trouble  with  the  engineers  and  firemen. 

Everything  clear  on  the  main  line  between  Chicago  and  New  Orleans, 
excepting  at  Cairo.  When  the  strikers  heard  that  the  Mayor  had  con- 
cluded to  ask  the  Governor  for  troops,  they  went  to  the  Assistant  Adjutant 
General  who  was  there,  and  the  United  States  Marshal  and  made  an 
arrangement  to  let  the  mail  trains  go  out;  and  a  train  was  gotten  out  in 
each  direction,  each  containing  three  or  four  trains  which  had  been  held 


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there.  The  strikers  claimed  that  the  I.  C.  Co.  had  violated  the  agree- 
ment and  had  refused  to  let  any  more  trains  go  out.  The  Company  was 
not  a  party  to  the  compromise.  The  strikers  had  assaulted  the  Superin- 
tendent and  injured  him  badly.  The  strikers  had  another  meeting  this 
morning  with  the  Adjutant  General  and  fixed  up  another  agreement,  and 
the  trains  were  again  running.  There  seems  to  be  nobody  who  is  able  to 
control  the  mob  there  for  any  length  of  time.  The  mob  is  composed 
more  of  citizens  than  of  strikers.  Seventy-seven  men  had  been  sent  from 
here,  armed,  but  it  was  thought  that  it  would  be  dangerous  to  hold  them 
there,  and  they  were  taken  to  Fulton.  Kentucky.  An  injunction  was  be- 
ing asked  for,  and  as  soon  as  that  was  obtained,  the  armed  men  would  be 
brought  to  Cairo,  and  an  effort  made  to  move  freight,  which  seems  to 
have  been  omitted  from  the  agreement.  Three  leaders  of  the  Cairo 
strikers  had  been  arrested  and  were  being  taken  to  Springfield  to  the 
United  States  Court.  They  had  also  had  arrested  here  a  conductor  who 
threw  a  switch  in  front  of  the  New  Orleans  limited  train  yesterday  at  Riv- 
erdale,  and  he  was  in  jail.  Had  also  arrested  the  man  thought  to  have 
thrown  the  switch  in  front  of  the  Diamond  Special  at  Grand  Crossing, 
and  SIX  others  who  took  a  hand-car  from  Kensington  and  went  down  to 
Harvey  and  destroyed  the  signals  there  at  the  interlocker. 

The  strikers  ditched  the  Diamond  Special  at  Grand  Crossing.  They 
also  stopped  No.  23,  the  New  Orleans  fast  mail,  and  cut  loose,  the  mail 
car  and  baggage  and  express  car  and  one  coach,  and  forced  all  the  pas- 
sengers mto  it.  and  told  them  to  get  out  of  there.  The  engineer  was  glad 
to  get  out,  but  he  was  held  by  orders  at  Harvey.  An  engine  was  taken 
down  and  got  the  coaches  and  baggage  car  of  the  Diamond  Special  and 
went  down  and  took  the  balance  of  the  New  Orleans  train  at  Riverdale 
and  got  it  to  the  other  part,  and  it  went  on  about  3  o'clock  this  morn- 
ing, so  that  now  they  were  free  from  trouble.  Still  have  the  engine  off 
the  track,  that  ran  off  the  de-rails  at  the  C.  &  E.  1.  crossing,  also  this  Dia- 
mond Special  engine  and  one  at  Homewood. 

The  Company  had  served  a  notice  on  the  Mayor  of  Chicago  under  the 
statute,  asking  him  to  protect  their  property. 

L.,  N.  A.  &  C— New  men  were  put  in  the  49th  street  yard.  Car  re- 
pairers had  gone  out,  but  had  agreed  to  return  if  they  could  be  protected 
from  the  mob.  The  situation  at  Hammond  was  very  much  improved. 
One  of  the  three  men  arrested  the  day  before  yesterday  and  taken  to 
Indianapolis,  was  the  chairman  of  the  organization  at  Hammond.  He  was 
released  on  bail  and  went  to  see  Governor  Matthews,  who  had  finally  de- 
cided to  order  troops  to  Hammond.  He  told  the  Governor  if  he  would 
wait  until  he  returned  to  Hammond  it  would  not  be  necessary,  and  the 
Governor  consented.  He  returned  to  Hammond  and  ordered  the  men  to 
disperse,  which  they  refused  to  do,  but  when  they  heard  of  a  special  com- 


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ing  with  the  U.  S.  marshal,  and  also  by  some  means  they  ascertained  that 
the  United  States  troops  were  to  be  sent  there,  they  concluded  to  disperse. 
and  released  the  Erie  trains,  and  did  not  molest  the  L.,  N.  A.  &  C.  trains. 
The  marshal  has  made  some  additional  arrests  there  this  mornmg. 

L.  S.  &  M.  S. — No  trouble  with  through  trains.  Night  switchmen  went 
out  at  3  o'clock  last  night,  and  the  day  force  did  not  come  on.  No  trouble 
so  far  with  engineers  and  firemen  or  any  of  the  road  men. 

Michigan  Central. — Switchmen  at  Chicago  went  out  at  noon  yester- 
day. Since  that  time  passenger  trains  have  been  handled  the  same  as 
usual,  with  no  interference  from  strikers.  Had  had  no  disaffection  of  the 
employes  of  the  road.  The  yardmaster  at  Michigan  City  had  received 
a  dispatch  from  Debs,  asking  him  to  go  out,  but  he  had  refused. 

N.  Y.,  C.  &  St.  L. — Mr.  Johnston  said  that  yesterday  they  had  no  inti- 
mation that  they  were  to  be  dragged  into  the  difficulties,  but  about  4  o'clock 
a  committee  composed  of  one  outsider,  one  switchman  and  one  fireman 
went  to  the  Master  Mechanic  at  Stony  Island  and  demanded  the  reinstate- 
ment of  two  discharged  firemen  who  went  out  of  the  service  two  months 
ago  because  of  reduction  in  forces,  and  had  joined  the  A.  R.  U.  A  dele- 
gation had  come  over  from  the  Stock  Yards  and  held  a  meeting  near  the 
N.  Y.,  C.  &  St.  L.  shops,  and  dragged  their  men  in,  and  at  8:45  the  men 
stopped  work,  but  afterwards  the  switchmen  concluded  the  strike  was  not 
regular,  and  went  to  work.  A  man  had  come  into  the  offices  of  the  com- 
pany in  Chicago,  who  had  a  letter  introducing  him  to  the  switching  in  the 
Nickel  Plate  yard,  saying  that  any  action  of  his  which  would  involve  the 
N.  Y.,  C.  &  St.  L.  men  in  the  trouble  would  be  recognized  and  approved 
by  the  A.  R.  U..  and  that  they  will  be  sustained.  He  told  one  of  our  men 
that  our  men  were  going  out  at  half-past  twelve  Monday,  and  1  am  told 
this  morning  that  if  the  firemen's  grievance  is  adjusted  satisfactorily,  they 
will  take  up  the  grievance  that  1  am  a  member  of  this  Association.  They 
want  some  excuse  for  calling  us  out,  and  I  expect  before  morning  we  will 
be  involved. 

P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L.— At  3  o'clock  yesterday  afternoon  freight  train 
So  was  stopped  at  Riverdale,  and  the  side  rods  of  the  engine  taken 
down,  and  the  fire  drawn.  Subsequently  the  side  rods  were  coupled  up 
and  the  fire  started  in  the  engine  and  the  strikers,  after  putting  the  cars 
away  on  the  siding,  coupled  the  engine  to  the  caboose  and  ordered  the 
train  crew  to  go  back  to  the  city.  As  soon  as  the  main  track  was  clear  the 
Accommodation  No.  4  held  at  Calumet  was  moved  east  without  molesta- 
tion. Other  trains  were  held  at  Riverdale;  a  sleeper  taken  off  and  pushed 
on  the  siding  by  hand  and  the  drawbars  taken  out.  About  midnight 
twenty-three  U.  S.  marshals  were  started  to  Riverdale.  The  mob  dis- 
persed at  2:30  before   the  special  train  containing  the  marshals  arrived. 


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The  damaged  sleeper  was  fixed  up  and  the  other  delayed  trains  were 
gotten  out. 

C.  &  E.  III. — Not  much  change  in  situation  since  yesterday.  The 
regular  Nashville  train  had  been  stopped  at  Danville  by  a  mob  and  was 
there  yet.  It  was  being  run  by  a  new  engineer  and  fireman.  There 
seemed  to  be  no  efficient  force  there  to  protect  the  train.  Messages  had 
been  sent  to  the  United  States  Marshal  and  to  the  Governor  at  Spring- 
field. Last  night  the  strikers  drew  the  water  out  of  the  tanks  at  the 
Calumet  river  and  disconnected  the  signals  to  the  bridge  and  carried  oft 
the  lamps. 

P.,  F.  W.  &  C. — Have  had  no  trouble  with  mobs  as  yet.  Had  avoided 
several  attempts  by  sending  trains  over  different  tracks  from  the  ones 
customarily  used,  or  by  holding  trains  and  reporting  them  as  abandoned 
until  the  mob  dispersed. 

Wabash  Ry. — Mr.  Thomas  reported  that  the  engineers  and  firemen 
between  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  were  out,  and  that  the  freight  conductors 
and  freight  brakemen  at  Decatur  were  also  out. 

Wisconsin  Central.— Mr.  Ainslie  reported  that  all  the  passenger 
trains  were  gotten  in  and  out  of  Chicago,  and  handled  145  freight  cars  in 
and  out  yesterday,  without  mterruption.  Had  seven  excursion  trains  out 
this  morning,  with  ten  to  fifteen  cars.  Between  Chippewa  Falls  and  St. 
Paul  the  road  is  havmg  some  difficulty  with  firemen  deserting  them,  and 
some  brakemen,  but  they  are  filling  the  places  promptly  and  getting  trains 
through. 


Report  of  Com. 
No.  I. 


Mr.  St.  John  reported  in  behalf  of  Committee  No.  i  that  every  demand 
upon  it  for  men  had  been  supplied,  and  that  there  were  a  large  number 
on  hand,  including  brakemen,  firemen,  engineers,  towermen,  conductors 
and  switchmen,  and  that  by  to-morrow  mornmg  a  hundred  additional 
men  would  be  here  from  the  east,  and  still  another  hundred  by  to-mor- 
row night  ;  that  parties  were  leaving  New  York,  Philadelphia,  Boston, 
Baltimore  and  Pittsburg  to-day;  that  the  committee  would  contmue  to 
have  these  men  come  until  they  saw  evidences  that  they  would  not  be 
needed. 


General  Mana- 
gers'   As.soci- 
ation  at  St. 
Louis. 


The  Chairman  stated  that  he  had  a  communication  from  Mr.  Hays  of 
the  Wabash,  stating  that  W.  H.  Gays  had  been  put  in  charge  of  matters 
at  St.  Louis,  and  requesting  that  such  information  as  can  be   furnished 


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from  day  to  day  should  be  given,  and  he  in  turn  would  communicate 
with  this  Association. 


The  Chairman  read  the  following  message  from  the  supermtendent  of 
the  U.  S.  Y.  &  T.  Co.  : 

We  are  taking  care  of  all  Packingtown  freight  tendered  us  by  the 
roads,  and  are  getting  out  Packingtown  freight  for  such  roads  as  are  pre- 
pared to  receive  it. 

R.    FiTZflERALD. 

Mr.  Lyford  of  the  C.  &  E.  I.  stated  that  he  was  in  receipt  of  a  telegram 
stating  that  the  District  Attorney  at  Indianapolis  had  instructed  the  United 
States  Marshal  to  go  to  Terre  Haute  at  once  with  a  sufficient  force  of 
deputies  to  move  the  C.  &  E.  I.  train  that  was  tied  up  there. 


Mr.  Bowers,  the  Chairman  of  the  sub-committee  of  the  Attorneys'  or- 
ganization, reported  as  follows : 

It  was  the  unanimous  opinion  of  the  Committee  that  injunction  suits 
should  be  begun  by  the  individual  roads,  each  of  them,  as  soon  as  the  sit- 
uation would  justify  it,  which  situation  seems  to  have  arrived  with  most  of 
them.  The  Monon  procured  an  injunction  yesterday  from  Judge  Woods 
in  Indiana ;  the  Michigan  Central  has  filed  its  bill  for  the  purpose  of  get- 
ting an  injunction,  but  did  not  get  it  because  of  the  lateness  of  the  hour 
when  the  bill  was  fried  and  the  absence  of  the  Federal  judge.  The  Illi- 
nois Central  is  preparing  to  file  a  bill.  The  North-Western  proposes  at 
once  to  file  a  bill  ;  the  Rock  Island,  it  was  understood,  proposes  to  file  a 
bill ;  the  B.  &  O.  also  has  that  in  mind.  In  addition  to  these  individual 
suits,  which  may  be  added  to  by  other  companies,  it  is  believed  that  the 
District  Attorney,  unless  ordered  to  the  contrary,  will  bring  a  bill  in  be- 
half of  the  United  States  to  enjoin  these  interferences:  First,  with  mail 
trains  ;  second,  with  interstate  trains— that  is,  trains  doing  interstate  bus- 
iness ;  and,  third,  with  the  mterference  with  interstate  commerce  not  in 
transportation. 

We  have  reached  the  conclusion  that  this  question  is  not  merely  one  of 
interference  with  interstate  transportation,  but  with  interstate  business, 
which  cannot  go  on  unless  interstate  transportation  makes  it  possible,  and 


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we  think  and  hope  that  very  speedily  the  government  will  file  a  bill  of 
that  nature  at  its  own  instance  and  in  its  own  name,  in  addition  to  our 
individual  suits. 

The  committee  thought  that  it  would  not  be  wise  to  attempt  the  arrest 
of  the  officials  previously  discussed  at  the  present  time. 

Hon.  Geo.  R.  Peck  read  the  following  opinion  by  Judge  Ross,  of  the 
United  States  Court  at  Los  Angeles,  in  granting  an  injunction  upon  a 
bill  filed  by  the  Southern  California  Railway,  a  railway  not  in  the  hands 
of  a  receiver,  and  hence  applicable  to  the  present  situation  here  : 

Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  June  30,  1894. 
Judge  Ross,  in  his  opinion  granting  injunction  after  stating  facts  as 
disclosed  by  his  bill,  says:  "  LIndoubtedly  in  the  absence  of  a  valid  exist- 
ing contract  obligating  the  defendants  to  remain  in  the  employment  of 
the  complainant  company,  they  would  ordinarily  have  the  legal  right  to 
quit  the  employment  and  cease  work  at  any  time.  But  the  bill  alleges 
that  the  defendants  continue  in  the  employment  of  the  complainant  com- 
pany and  yet  refuse  to  perform  their  regular  and  accustomed  duties  as 
such  employes,  and  it  further  shows  that  such  refusal  subjects  and  will 
continue  to  subject  the  complainant  to  a  multiplicity  of  suits  and  to  great 
and  irreparable  damage,  in  that  there  is  an  existing  valid  contract  requir- 
ing complainant  to  attach  a  Pullman  car  or  cars  on  all  its  through  trains  for 
the  carriage  of  passengers  and  the  mail,  and  also  retards  and  interrupts 
the  complainant  in  the  transmission  of  the  United  States  mail  and  the 
interstate  commerce  aforesaid.  It  is  manifest  that  for  this  state  of  affairs 
the  law,  neither  civil  nor  criminal,  affords  an  adequate  remedy.  But  the 
proud  boast  of  equity  is  Ubi  jus,  ibi  remcdiiuii.  It  is  the  maxim  which 
forms  the  root  of  all  equitable  decisions.  Why  should  not  men  who  re- 
main in  the  employment  of  another,  perform  the  duties  they  contract  and 
engage  to  perform  ?  It  is  certainly  just  and  right  that  they  should  do  so 
or  else  quit  the  employment.  And  where  the  direct  result  of  such  refusal 
works  irreparable  damage  to  the  employer,  and  at  the  same  time  inter- 
feres'  with  the  transmission  of  the  mail  and  with  commerce  between 
states,  equity,  I  think,  will  compel  them  to  perform  the  duties  pertaining 
to  the  employment  so  long  as  they  continue  in  it.  If  I  unlawfully  obstruct 
by  a  dam,  a  stream  of  flowing  water,  equity,  at  the  suit  of  the  party  in- 
jured, will  compel  me  by  injunction,  mandatory  in  character,  to  remove 
the  dam,  and  prohibitory  in  character  from  further  interfering  with  the 
flow  of  the  stream.  And  if  I  unlawfully  erect  a  wall  shutting  out  the 
light  from  another,  equity  will  compel  me  to  tear  it  down  and  to  refrain 


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-from  further  interference  with  the  other's  rights.  It  is  true  that  such 
cases  are  not  precisely  Hke  the  present  one,  yet  the  principle  upon  which 
the  court  proceeds  in  such  cases  is  not  substantially  different.  And  if  it 
be  said  that  there  is  no  exact  precedent  for  the  awarding  of  an  injunction 
in  the  present  case,  1  respond  in  the  language  of  the  court  in  the  case  of 
Toledo,  etc.,  Ry.  Co.  vs.  Pennsylvania  Company,  54  Fed.  Rep.,  751 : 
■'  Every  just  order  or  rule  known  to  equity  courts  was  born  of  some  emer- 
gency, to  meet  some  new  conditions,  and  was  therefore,  in  its  time,  with- 
out precedent.  If  based  on  sound  principles,  and  beneficent  results  follow 
the  enforcement,  affording  necessary  relief  to  the  one  party  without  im- 
posing illegal  burdens  on  the  other,  new  remedies  and  unprecedented 
orders  are  not  unwelcome  aids  to  the  chancellor  to  meet  the  constant  and 
varying  demands  for  equitable  relief.'  Moreover,  the  rights  of  the  public 
in  a  case  of  this  sort  should  be  considered.  '  Railroads,' said  the  Supreme 
Court  m  the  case  of  Joy  vs.  St.  Louis,  138  U.  S..  page  50,  '  are  common 
carriers  and  owe  duties  to  the  public.  The  rights  of  the  public  in 
respect  to  these  great  highways  of  communication  should  be  fostered  by 
the  courts,  and  it  is  one  of  the  most  useful  functions  of  a  court  of  ecjuity 
that  its  methods  of  procedure  are  capable  of  being  made  such  as  to  accom- 
modate themselves  to  the  development  of  the  interests  of  the  public,  in 
the  progress  of  trade  and  traffic,  by  new  methods  of  intercourse  and  trans- 
portation.' For  the  reasons  thus  hastily  and  briefly  stated,  I  shall  award 
an  injunction  requiring  the  defendants  to  perform  all  of  their  regular  and 
accustomed  duties  so  long  as  they  remain  in  the  employment  of  the  com- 
plainant company,  which  injunction,  it  may  be  as  well  to  state,  will  be 
strictly  and  rigidly  enforced. 

(Signed)  '-ROSS, 

••  District  Judge." 

The  meeting  adjourned  to  the  following  day  at  1 1  A.  M. 

E.  ST.  JOHN. 
-Chas.  p.  Dawley,  Chairman. 

Secretary. 


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GENERAL   MANAGERS'   ASSOCIATION, 


July  2.  1894. 

MINUTES  of  Special  Meeting  held  at  732  Rookery  Building^. 
Chicago,  July  2,  1894,  at  11  o'clock  A.  M.,  pursuant  to  adjourn- 
ment from  the  previous  day.  Mr.  St.  John,  Chairman,  presiding.. 
Present: 


A.,  T.  &  S.  F.,      - 

B.  &  O.,     - 

Gal.  &  Blue  Island, 
Chi.  &  AUon,     - 
Chi.  &;  Erie, 

Chi.  &  E.  111.,    - 

Chi.  &W.  Ind.,    - 

C.  &  G.  T.. 
C.  &N.-W., 

C,  B.  &  Q.,       - 

C,  M.  &  St.  P.,     - 
C.,R.  1    &  P.,    - 
Chi.  Gt.  Western, 
C.  &  N.  P., 
111.  Central,  - 
L.,  N.  A.  cSiC, 
L.  S.  &  M.  S.,       - 
Mich.  Central,       ■     ■ 
N.  Y.,  C.  &  St.  L., 
P.,  Ft.  W.  &  C, 
P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L., 

U.  S.  Y.  &  T.  Co., 

Wis.  Central, 
Wabash  R.  R.,  - 
F"or  the  Committees, 


-    S 


D.  B.  Robinson,  ist  Vice-Prest. 
R.  B.  Campbell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

W.  G.  Brimson,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 
C.  H.  Chappell,  Gen.  Mgr. 
J.  C.  Moorhead,  Gen.  Supt. 
H.  H.  Porter,  Chairman. 
O.  S.  Lyford,  Vice-Prest. 

B.  Thomas,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 
A.  B.  Atwater,  Gen.  Supt. 

J.  M.  Whitinl^n,  Gen.  Mgr. 
Geo.  B.  Harris,  Vice-Prest. 
W.  F.  Merrill,  Gen.  Mgr. 
A.  J.  Earling,  Gen.  Mgr. 

E.  St.  John,  Gen.  Mgr. 

C.  Shields,  Gen.  Supt. 
S.  R.  AiNSLiE,  Gen.  Mgr. 

J.  T.  Harahan,  2d  Vice-Prest. 

W.  H.  McDoEL,  Vice-Prest.  and  G.  M. 

W.  H.  Canniff,  Gen.  Supt. 

RoBT.  Miller,  Gen.  Supt. 

A.  W.  Johnston,  Gen.  Supt. 

Chas.  Watts,  Gen.  Supt. 

Jas.  H.  Ashby,  Gen.  Supt. 

R.  Fitzgerald,  Supt. 

By  Mr.  Ainslie,  of  the  C.  cS:  N.  P. 

By  Mr.  Thomas,  of  the  C.  c^  W.  Ind., 

John  M.  Egan. 


i3« 


The  roll  was  called  for  statements  by  the  various  members  : 

A.,  T.  &  S.  F. — Situation  is  somewhat  improved  since  yesterday.  All 
passenger  trains  are  running  with  full  equipment  between  Chicago  and 
Grand  Junction  in  both  directions.  Got  out  three  freights  and  one  in, 
notwithstanding  the  freight  road  men  passed  resolutions  Saturday  night 
that  they  would  not  run.  The  situation  at  Trinidad  was  serious  yester- 
day. Had  two  trains  there  which  had  been  there  three  days.  Seventy- 
five  U.  S.  Marshals  went  there  from  Denver  and  were  disarmed  by  the 
mob,  which  tore  down  the  order  of  Judge  Halleck  which  had  been  posted 
on  the  bulletin.  Wired  these  facts  to  Washington,  and  United  States 
troops  are  on  their  way  now  from  Denver  to  Trmidad.  Trouble  is  ex- 
pected at  Raton,  where  six  trains  are  tied  up.  Have  250  U.  S.  Deputies 
sworn  in  from  various  parts  of  New  Mexico,  who  are  thoroughly  armed 
and  are  an  energetic  class  of  people,  and  expect  them  to  disperse  the 
mob. 

Baltimore  &  Ohio. — All  trains  arrived  practically  on  time.  Train 
No.  7,  carrying  fifty-two  new  men,  was  surrounded  by  the  mob  at  Chicago 
Junction.  After  the  train  started,  someone  put  a  coupling  pin  in  the 
guides  of  the  locomotive  and  disabled  it  so  that  that  side  had  to  be  taken 
down.  Yesterday  evening  one  of  our  employes  returning  from  the  Em- 
pire slip  to  the  Central  station  for  his  supper  was  captured  by  two  strikers 
and  badly  beaten,  and  when  the  strikers  were  arrrested  they  displayed 
credentials  from  the  U.  S.  Marshal  and  were  released  by  the  police. 
These  facts  have  been  reported  to  the  U.  S.  Marshal.  They  will  be  at- 
tended to.  At  Chicago  Junction,  280  miles  from  here,  about  one-half  of 
the  force  in  the  machine  shops  went  out,  but  that  did  not  disable  them. 

Calumet  &  Blue  Island. — Has  no  trouble  on  its  tracks,  but  the 
same  uneasiness  prevails  as  in  other  yards. 

Chicago  &  Alton. — Reports  the  situation  considerably  better  than 
yesterday.  Passenger  trains  between  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  all  went 
through  on  time  yesterday  and  last  night.  Also  passenger  trains  between 
St.  Louis  and  Kansas  City.  Blockade  at  Slater  was  raised  during  the 
night  by  U.  S.  Marshal  from  Kansas  City.  New  firemen  were  being  put 
in  place  of  those  who  refused  to  pull  the  Pullman  cars. 

Chicago  &  Erie  — Passenger  trains  are  all  moving  as  usual  about  on 
time.  Not  attempting  to  do  any  freight  business  at  this  end  of  the  line. 
Word  just  received  at  Marion,  Ohio,  where  the  Erie  is  crossed  by  the 
Hocking  Valley,  that  that  road  is  having  trouble  by  its  trains  being  held 
up  and  not  being  allowed  to  take  the  sleepers  given  them  by  the  Erie  for 
the  Norfolk  &  Western.  They  have  called  upon  the  sheriff  for  protection 
and  the  Erie  has  directed  its  Superintendent  to  do  likewise. 

Chicago  &  Eastern  Illinois.— Situation  at  Danville  remains  the 


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same  as  yesterday.  Two  or  three  thousand  men,  including  miners,  sur- 
rounding the  trains.  The  Nashville  limited  started  out  at  half-past  four 
yesterday,  arrived  at  Danville  late  and  was  stopped  there.  Soldiers  are 
on  their  way  to  Danville  and  expect  to  leave  Decatur  at  lo  o'clock  this 
morning  and  will  probably  disperse  the  mob.  Have  been  tied  up  the 
same  way  at  Terre  Haute.  Some  of  the  men  are  loyal,  but  they  claim  to 
be  afraid  to  go  out.  Sent  some  new  men  there  by  way  of  Indianapolis 
with  U.  S.  marshals  from  Indianapolis  and  expect  trains  are  moving  by 
this  time. 

"Chicago  &  Western  Indiana.— All  but  two  of  the  nine  interlocking 
towers  are  in  operation.  Trains  of  tenant  hnes  not  delayed  except  that 
trains  have  been  stoned  at  the  35th  Street  viaduct. 

Chicago  &  Grand  Trunk. — Passenger  trains  are  tied  up  at  Battle 
Creek,  and  have  three  more  on  the  way  there  this  morning.  Firemen 
run  that  far  all  right  and  then  refuse  to  go  out  again,  and  the  engineers 
will  not  go  out  with  new  firemen.  Mr.  Egan  is  furnishing  some  new  engi- 
neers, and  intend  to  raise  the  blockade  this  afternoon.  Not  making  any 
attempt  to  handle  freight  until  after  the  passengers  are  moved.  Trouble 
expected  with  operators:  some  of  them  have  already  gone  out. 

Chicago  &  North-Western— All  freight  traffic  in  and  out  of  Chicago 
was  suspended  over  Sunday.  Passenger  traffic  has  been  continued  without 
interruption.  Freight  trains  will  be  sent  out  this  morning.  Have  had  no 
difficulty  in  carrying  out  any  work  they  have  undertaken.  What  difficulty- 
has  occurred  has  been  confined  to  individual  cases  where  men  have  been 
mtimidated  or  have  been  overcome  by  persuasion.  Had  received  a  call 
from  committee  of  firemen,  who  notified  him  that  they  would  not  work 
under  police  protection  nor  with  "scabs."  They  were  told  that  they 
would  be  protected,  but  that  those  men  who  went  out  would  be  discharged. 
They  went  back  without  reply.  Have  made  fourteen  arrests  since  yester- 
day morning. 

Chicago,  Burlington  &  Ouincy.— Passenger  trains  arriving  and 
departing  on  time.  Did  not  attempt  to  do  any  freight  business  yesterday, 
but  brought  in  465  carloads  of  stock  this  morning,  and  at  10:45  377  cars 
had  been  unloaded  in  the  stock  yards.  All  but  one  train  had  gone  in. 
They  had  no  difficulty  in  unloading  at  the  stock  yards.  They  were 
handled  by  the  yardmaster  and  general  Superintendent.  There  were 
large  crowds  of  people  strung  all  the  way  from  Western  Avenue  to  the 
stock  yards  and  some  little  attempt  was  made  in  the  first  place  to  stop  the 
trains,  but  they  finally  got  through  all  right  and  everything  is  working 
along  very  smoothly.  It  is  understood  that  the  A  R.  U.  are  endeavoring 
to  organize  on  C,  B.  iS:  O.  between  here  and  Burlington. 

Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul. — All  of  the  switchmen  at 
Chicago,  except  those  engaged  in  passenger  switching,  went  out  on  Satur- 


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day  night  ;  have  been  holding  meetings  ever  since  and  have  not  yet 
reached  a  decision,  although  they  were  still  out.  Are  running  passenger 
trains  into  and  out  of  Chicago  on  time,  with  the  exception  of  a  few  sub- 
urban trains,  which  have  been  abandoned. 

Chicago,  Rock  Island  &  Pacific. — Situation  on  the  Rock  Island 
road  is  bad.  Strikers  defeated  the  efforts  of  the  marshals  and  the 
sheriffs  at  Blue  Island,  there  being  a  mob  of  2,000  strong  at  that  point. 
The  Second  Regiment  has  been  ordered  to  go  there.  Having  no  trouble 
west  of  Joliet  nor  west  of  the  Missouri  River.  East  of  the  Missouri 
River  discontinued  the  moving  of  freight  and  some  of  the  passenger 
trains.  Have  not  run  any  dummy  trains  since  June  30th  on  account  of 
the  blockade  at  Blue  Island. 

Chicago  Great  Western. — Reports  some  improvement.  Passenger 
trains  running  as  usual  with  Pullman  equipment.  On  some  divisions  the 
old  engineers  and  conductors  are  running  with  new  firemen  and  brakemen. 
There  are  plenty  of  firemen  to  be  had. 

Chicago  &  Northern  Pacific. — Has  fuUcomplement  of  switchmen 
and  is  running  its  suburban  trains.  An  excursion  train  was  stoned  last 
night  in  Jefferson  Street,  and  had  now  discontinued  running  suburban 
trams  after  dark  on  account  of  the  safety  of  employes.  The  Calumet 
Terminal  employes  had  asked  for  another  delay,  but  he  had  not  yet  had 
an  interview  with  them.     That  road  was  doing  nothing. 

Illinois  Central. — At  Chicago  in  about  the  same  position  as  yester- 
day. Trains  going  through  Cairo  all  right.  Last  night  had  some  difficulty 
in  getting  firemen  to  take  out  passenger  trains.  Seemed  to  have  changed 
their  minds  between  seven  and  half  past  eight  o'clock,  after  having  said 
they  would  go  out  on  the  train.  Finally  put  on  one  old  fireman  and  pro- 
vided another  for  one  of  the  other  trains.  No  suburban  trains  are  running. 
An  engineer  was  driven  from  his  engine  at  Harrison  street,  and  in  jumping 
oft  fell  down  and  broke  his  arm. 

L.,  N.  A.  &  C. — Passenger  trains  running  on  time.  No  difficulty  at 
Hammond  except  that  strikers  are  stealing  brasses  from  the  freight  cars. 
Not  able  to  operate  the  yards  at  49th  street  on  account  of  the  attacks  of 
the  strikers. 

L.  S.  &  M.  S. — No  interruption  of  either  freight  or  passenger  traffic, 
except  on  limited  suburban  service.  Were  unable  to  run  one  of  the  trains 
to  the  stock-yards.  Handled  280  cars  Saturday  and  231  Sunday.  Freight 
switchmen  are  out  with  the  exception  of  about  five  men.  With  their 
assistance  and  that  of  the  yardmaster,  have  been  able  to  handle  all  busi- 
ness so  far.     Learn  that  there  is  some  uneasiness  among  the  engineers. 

Michigan  Central. — Trains  have  all  left  and  arrived  about  on  time. 
Have  been  able  to  handle  all  the  freight  traffic  so  far.  Had  just  received 
a  telephone  message  that  the  switch  engineers  had  declined  to  do  any  work 


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with  new  men.  Saturday  at  Kensington  two  or  three  switchmen  went  to 
one  of  the  switch  engineers  and  intimidated  him  by  telhng  him  he  must 
get  off  his  engine,  and  if  he  did  not  he  would  never  be  able  to  get  any- 
thing to  eat  again  in  Kensington,  and  other  threats,  and  made  him  take 
his  engine  to  the  house.  They  immediately  sent  some  U.  S.  deputies 
there  with  an  engine  and  got  warrants  for  those  men  and  succeeded  in 
finding  one  of  them  and  putting  him  under  arrest,  and  are  trying  to  find 
the  other  three  to-day. 

N.  Y.,  C.  &  St,  L. — No  employes  have  yet  refused  to  do  their  duty. 
The  matter  of  the  two  discharged  switchmen  spoken  of  yesterday  had 
come  up  again.  A  meeting  of  the  men  had  also  been  held,  including  all 
branches  of  the  service,  yard  men,  shop  men,  road  men,  engineers  and 
firemen,  conductors  and  brakemen.  They  had  voted  to  drop  the  matter 
of  the  firemen,  but  they  voted  that  they  would  not  deliver  cars  to  boy- 
cotted roads  or  roads  in  trouble,  or  work  with  new  men,  or  go  to  the  stock 
yards  when  the  strike  was  on.  If  the  men  refuse  to  work  they  will  be 
suspended. 

P.,  F.  W.  &  C. — Have  not  yet  had  any  great  amount  of  trouble,  at- 
tacks on  the  Pennsylvania  system  being  confined  to  the  Pan  Handle. 
Committees  were  at  work  organizing  A.  R.  U.  men  in  Pittsburg  and  Fort 
Wayne.  This  morning  a  committee  of  switchmen  from  the  Fort  Wayne 
had  come  in  and  expressed  their  loyalty  to  the  company,  but  that  they 
did  not  want  to  work  under  certain  conditions.  Had  another  committee 
of  engineers  saying  they  had  decided  to  work  on  their  engines  with  any 
officers  of  the  road,  but  had  not  passed  on  the  question  of  whether  they 
would  work  with  new  men.  Mr.  Watts  had  inquired  and  found  that  two 
of  the  firemen  who  were  on  the  committee  belonged  to  the  A.  R.  U.,  and 
he  had  asked  them  to  resign  and  save  him  the  trouble  of  dismissing 
them. 

P.,  C,  C.  &  St,  L. — Situation  improved.  Company  intends  to  take 
more  aggressive  action  on  the  5th. 

Wabash  R.  R, — Switchmen  out  at  Decatur.  Three  passenger  trains 
were  gotten  out  of  Decatur  yesterday,  two  west  and  one  north,  with  new 
engineers  and  firemen.  All  passenger  trains  on  the  Detroit  Division 
running.  No  freight  being  moved  on  either  St.  Louis  or  Detroit  Divisions. 
Troops  have  been  called  for  to  go  to  Decatur  and  have  been  ordered  to 
that  point  by  the  Governor.  Stones  have  been  thrown  at  the  new  engi- 
neers at  different  points  on  the  hne,  but  no  other  depredations  are  being 
committed  upon  the  trains  or  property  of  the  company.  No  trains  in  or 
out  of  Decatur  to-day. 

U.  S.  Y.  &  T,  Co.— Friday  night  (June  29)  at  6  o'clock  the  men  all 
quit— flagmen,  switch  tenders,  number  takers,  engineers,  firemen  and 
switchmen.     Worked  with  one  engine  up  to  the  present  time  without 


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being  molested.  The  engine  was  worked  by  the  master  mechanic,  the 
general  yardmaster  and  Mr.  Fitzgerald,  superintendent.  The  L.  S.  & 
M.  S.  took  out  a  train  yesterday  and  the  C,  B.  &  Q.  a  train  of  beef  to- 
day and  everything  seemed  to  be  very  quiet.  Only  three  or  four  men 
altogether  connected  with  the  railroad  department. 

The  Chairman  stated  that  the  Association  had  been  put  in  possession 
of  a  message  from  the  U.  S.  Y.  &  T.  Co.  stating  that  it  was  in  position  to 
handle  freight  tendered  and  at  the  request  of  the  Association  he  had 
telegraphed  last  night  to  Mr.  Sherman  asking  if  he  would  guarantee  to  do 
that,  and  Mr.  Sherman  had  replied  this  morning  that  they  were  handling 
live  stock  and  doing  switching  in  Packingtown,  and  expect  to  handle 
Packingtown  products  delivered  to  them,  but  could  not  guarantee  any- 
thing. The  Chairman  also  stated  that  if  the  Stock  Yards  Company 
needed  any  switchmen  or  enginemen  the  Association  would  furnish  them. 


Reports  were  read  to  the  effect  that  it  was  the  intention  to  call  out  the 
Michigan  Central  and  the  Lake  Shore  men.  A  meeting  of  Chicago  & 
North-Western  engineers,  firemen,  shopmen,  trackmen  and  brakemen  at 
237  Milwaukee  Avenue,  last  evening,  addressed  by  A.  R.  U.  officials. 
Meetings  also  being  held  by  A.  R.  U.  men  in  various  parts  of  the  city  to 
get  recruits  :  also  at  East  Chicago,  composed  of  Standard  Oil  employes 
and  Union  Car  Shop  men. 


The  Chairman  announced  that  the  sub-committee  of  the  Legal  De-  statement  by 
partment  was  present  and  would  make  its  report.  Mr.  Bowers,  the  chair-  ofieven. 
man,  stated  that  they  had  no  formal  report  to  make,  but  that  the  United 
States  had  filed  a  bill  and  the  Judges  had  ordered  an  injunction  restrain- 
ing any  interference  with  the  inter-state  business  of  any  of  these  roads, 
any  interference  with  mail  trains,  any  congregation  upon  any  of  the 
premises  of  these  companies  for  the  purpose  of  interfering  with  mail  trains 
or  inter-state  commerce  ;  restraining  specifically  any  injury  to  property 
used  in  inter-state  commerce  ;  restraining  also  the  throwing  of  switches, 
blocking  of  switches,  or  damaging  or  destroying  any  part  of  the  roadbed, 
and  also  enjoining  all  people  from  conspiring  for  any  of  these  purposes  or 


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aiding  or  abetting  them,  and  restraining  them  from  intimidating  em- 
ployes; and  that  copies  of  that  could  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  the 
United  States  marshals  and  whenever  a  crowd  gathers  or  anything  is 
threatened,  the  marshals  having  that  injunction  could  read  it  publicly  to 
them  and  so  serve  it  upon  them  in  legal  contemplation,  and  any  acts  done 
after  that  reading,  in  violation  of  the  injunction,  would  be  contempt,  and 
they  could  be  arrested  at  once  and  brought  before  the  United  States 
judges.  That  suit  is  not  brought  by  any  railroad  but  is  by  the  United 
States  Government. 


Order  of  Court  The  Chairman  read  the  following  order  of  the  State  Court  at  St.  Paul 

toe 
M. 
Ry. 


M.  &  st.'V.''      in  reference  to  employes  of  the  M.  &  St.  L.  Ry. 


"  To  all  employes  of  W.  H.  Truesdale,  as  receiver  of  the  Minneapolis 
&  St.  Louis  Railway  Company. 

"NOTICE. 

"  It  having  been  brought  to  the  attention  of  the  District  Court  of  Henne- 
pin County,  Minnesota,  that  certain  persons  in  the  employ  of  the  receiver 
of  the  Minneapolis  &  St.  Louis  Railway  Company  threaten  to  leave  such 
employ  if  Pullman  cars  are  handled  by  said  receiver  on  the  lines  of  rail- 
way in  the  possession  of  said  court  and  under  its  control  and  protection, 
notice  is  hereby  given  that  all  persons  in  the  employ  of  the  receiver  of  the 
Minneapolis  &  St.  Louis  Railway  Company  must  discharge  all  their  usual 
and  accustomed  duties  or  leave  the. service  of  the  receiver  altogether  and 
permit  other  men  to  take  their  places,  who  will  discharge  those  duties. 
Any  of  the  employes  of  the  receiver  may  leave  the  service  of  this  court  if 
they  desire  so  to  do,  but  when  they  leave,  they  must  not  interfere  in  any 
manner  with  the  property  or  the  operation  of  the  road  or  with  the  men 
employed  by  the  receiver,  by  way  of  personal  violence,  intimidation  or 
threats.  Any  such  interference  will  be  promptly  dealt  with  as  a  contempt 
of  this  court.  The  men  who  wish  to  remain  in  the  service  of  this  court 
must  discharge  all  the  duties  appropriately  and  properly  belongmg  to  such 
service.  A  refusal  to  discharge  any  of  these  duties  will  compel  their  dis- 
charge, and  the  employment  of  other  men  to  take  their  places,  and  all  the 
powers  of  this  court  will  be  vigorously  exercised  to  enforce  these  rules  and 
to  protect  the  employes  of  the  receiver  in  the  discharge  of  their  duties 
from  any  and  all  interference  of  whatsoever  nature  and  from  whatsoever 
source,  as  above  stated. 

"  SEAdRAVE  Smith, 
"  J^(^S^  of  the  District  Court,  4th  Judicial  District." 


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Mr.  St.  John  reported  that  Committee  No.  i  had  on  hand  this  morning   Com.  No.  i. 
brakemen,  firemen,  conductors  and  switchmen  and  they  were  receiving 
large  numbers  of  apphcations  from  the  East  and  that  additional  agencies 
would  be  opened  this  afternoon. 


The  meeting  adjourned  to  ii  o'clock  the  following  day,  July  3d,  1894. 

E.  ST.  JOHN, 
Chas.   p.  Dawley,  Cliairmati. 

Secretary. 


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GENERAL    MANAGERS'    ASSOCIATION. 


July  3D,  1894. 

MINUTES  of  Special  Meeting  held  at  732  Rookery  Building,   Chi- 
cago, July  3d,  1894,  at  II  o'clock  A.  M.,  pursuant  to  adjournment 
from  the  previous  day.     Mr.  St.  JOHN,  Chairman,  presiding.     Present : 


A.,  T.  &  S.  F.,    - 

B.  &  O., 
Cal.  &  B.  I., 
Chi.  &  Alton, 
Chi.  &  Erie, 

C.  &  E.   Ill, 

C.  &  W.  Ind.,     - 
C.  &  G.  T.,    - 

C.  &  N.-W., 

C,  B.  &  O.,  - 

C,  M.  &  St.  P., 

C,  R.  I.  &  P., 

Chi.  Gt.  Western, 
C.  &N.  P.,     - 
111.  Central, 
L.,  N.  A.  &  C,       - 
L.  S.  &M.  S.,     - 
Mich.  Cent., 
N.  Y.,  C.  &St.  L., 
P.,  F.  W.  &  C,      - 
P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L., 
"Wis.  Cent.,     - 
Wabash  R.  R.,    - 
For  the  Committees, 


D.  B.  Robinson,  ist  Vice-Prest. 

R.  B.  Campbell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

W.  G.  Brimson,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

C.  H.  Chappell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

J.  C.  MOORHEAD,  Gen.  Supt. 
(  H.  H.  Porter,  Chairman. 
I  M.  J.  Carpenter,  P.  &  Gen.  Mgr, 
(  W.  H.  Lyford,  Atty. 

B.  Thomas,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 
(  W.  J.  Spicer,  Gen.  Mgr. 

(  A.  B.  Atwater,  Gen.  Supt. 
(  L.  W.  Bowers,  Gen.  Counsel. 
(  J.  M.  Whitman,  Gen,  Mgr. 
j  Geo.  B.  Harris,  Vice-Prest. 
(  W.  F.  Merrill,  Gen.  Mgr. 

A.  J.  Earling,  Gen.  Mgr. 
j  E.  St.  John,  Gen.  Mgr. 
(  T.  S.  Wright,  Gen.  Atty. 

C.  Shields,  Gen.  Supt. 
S.  R.  AiNSLiE,  Gen.  Mgr. 

J.  T.  Harahan,  2d  Vice-Prest. 

W.  H.  McDoEL,  V.-P.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

A.  B.  Newell,  Supt. 

ROBT.  Miller,  Gen.  Supt. 

A.  W.  Johnston.  Gen.  Supt. 

Chas.  Watts,  Gen.  Supt. 

L.  F.  LOREE,  Supt. 

By  Mr.  Ainslie,  of  the  C.  &  N.  P. 

By  Mr.  Thomas,  of  C.  &  W.  Ind. 

John  M.  Egan. 


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The  Chairman  called  the  meeting  to  order  and  the  Legal  Committee 
of  seven  was  called  upon  for  any  information  it  might  have.  Mr.  Bowers, 
the  Chairman  of  the  committee,  said  : 

"  I  have  a  brief  report  to  make  under  the  instructions  of  the  committee.  Legal  Com.  of 
There  has  been  apparently  a  little  misunderstanding  as  to  what  our  posi-  Seven, 
tion  is  concerning  further  suits.  It  was  resolved  by  the  committee  yester- 
day that  it  was  desirable  to  obtain  the  commencement  of  injunction  suits 
by  the  United  States  Government  in  any  district  where  it  could.  Such  a 
suit  is  brought  by  the  District  Attorney  for  that  district,  and  he  must 
have  the  consent  of  the  Attorney  General  of  the  United  States.  Each 
solicitor  of  an  individual  road  is  left  at  entire  liberty  to  bring  about  the 
commencement  of  that  suit.  This  committee  cannot  attend  to  that  in 
other  districts  of  the  United  States,  but  the  individual  lines  running 
through  those  districts  can  and  they  are  at  entire  liberty  to  do  so  if  the 
situation  arises  making  it  necessary. 

"  Secondly,  as  to  suits  by  individual  railroads  as  distinguished  from 
government  suits,  it  is  the  recommendation  of  the  committee  that  no 
suits  be  brought  by  a  railroad  company  as  complainant  ;  the  suit  by  the 
government  will  protect  every  railroad,  whether  it  itself  brings  the  bill  or 
not.  For  instance,  this  injunction  suit  of  the  government  protects  all 
these  twenty-three  roads,  and  in  any  other  district  of  the  United  States 
the  bringing  of  such  a  suit  will  protect  all  the  railroads  in  that  district." 


After  some  discussion  of  the  report  the  roll  was  called  for  statements  of 
the  situation  of  the  various  lines. 

A.,  T.  &  S.  F. — The  situation  somewhat  improved  ;  all  the  passenger 
trains  out  of  Chicago  yesterday  left  on  time,  with  full  equipment ;  had 
three  or  four  trains  out  of  Kansas  City.  At  Emporia  are  tied  up  and  are 
going  through  there  with  all  trains.  At  Grand  Junction  the  men  went  out 
again  last  night,  but  trains  got  out  of  there  this  morning  all  right.  Got 
260  U.  S.  troops  into  Trinidad  last  night,  but  the  wires  were  cut  directly 
afterwards  and  have  had  but  one  message  since  and  that  was  that  they 
could  not  get  an  engineer  and  fireman  to  take  the  troops  out.  The 
Southern  California  is  still  tied  up. 

B.  &  O.  R.  R. — The  situation  about  the  same  as  yesterday.  Had 
trouble  again  last  night  with  the  trains  bringing  men  into  Chicago.  The 
strikers  were  driven  off  by  the  deputy  marshals.  This  morning  east-bound 
local  freight  was  derailed  at  Rock  Island  Junction,  causing  some  delay  to 
other  trains.  Bringing  some  freight  in  and  taking  some  out.  Started 
three  trains  yesterday  noon  that  were  surrounded  by  a  mob  and  the  men 


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were  driven  from  the  engine.  The  trains  did  not  go  out.  They  will  start 
this  morning. 

Calumet  &  Blue  Island. — Situation  is  unchanged,  but  notice  was 
served  on  the  superintendent  early  this  morning  that  the  switchmen  would 
decline  to  handle  freight  that  came  in  over  any  of  the  scab  roads,  which 
will  mean  that  they  will  not  handle  anything.  The  superintendent  was 
instructed  that  the  first  crew  that  declined  to  handle  any  business  of  that 
kind  was  to  be  discharged. 

C.  &  A.  R.  R.— Situation  worse  than  yesterday.  Trains  leaving  here 
last  night  and  those  leaving  St.  Louis  are  stopped  and  still  held  at  Bloom- 
ington  for  firemen.  Started  eighteen  firemen  from  here  on  the  1 1  o'clock 
train  for  Bloomington.  Had  had  no  obstructions  in  Chicago.  Moving  no 
freight. 

C,  &  E.  R.  R. — Passenger  trains  moving  ;  doing  no  freight  business. 
The  hostlers  and  the  men  who  handle  the  engines  between  Dearborn  sta- 
tion and  the  round-house  at  51st  street  were  ordered  out,  but  enough  re- 
mained to  get  the  engines  in  and  out.  At  Huntington  the  switchmen  were 
out,  claiming  they  were  intimidated.  At  Marion  Junction  the  force  is  out, 
but  not  causing  any  difficulty. 

C.  &  E.  III. — Situation  at  Chicago  unchanged.  Doing  some  work  at 
33d  street  yard  with  switch  engine.  Have  made  arrangements  for  caring 
for  new  men  at  the  round-house.  At  Danville  the  troops  arrived  this 
morning  and  the  trains  that  have  been  tied  up  there  for  three  or  four  days 
are  moving.  Also  got  a  train  out  of  Terre  Haute  yesterday.  At  Brazil 
the  men  refused  to  go  on  a  local  train  on  which  no  Pullman  cars  had  ever 
been  handled,  but  said  they  were  willing  to  haul  the  mail  car.  We  found 
no  man  who  would  go;  did  not  call  them  a  second  time,  but  discharged 
them  as  they  refused. 

C.  &  W.  I.— Situation  the  same  as  yesterday.  Trains  are  moving  to 
and  from  all  junction  points  regularly.  Ran  some  freight  trains  over  the 
Belt  Line  yesterday. 

C.  &  G.  T.— The  train  men  on  the  east  end  in  the  Port  Huron  district 
had  gone  out  since  yesterday,  but  the  situation  is  more  encouraging.  This 
morning  some  of  the  passenger  trains  which  were  delayed  since  Sunday 
were  moved  with  new  men.  Got  one  train  east  from  Battle  Creek  this 
morning.  Have  demanded  troops  from  the  Governor  of  Michigan.  Have 
had  some  trouble  with  strikers  assailing  trains  at  Elsdon. 

C.  &  N.-W. — On  account  of  the  excitement  among  the  firemen  it  was 
impossible  to  send  out  any  freight  trains  from  Chicago  yesterday,  and 
consequently  no  freight  trains  were  run  in.  Passenger  service  was  kept 
up  without  interruption,  and  had  not  failed  to  run  a  single  train  in  or  out 
of  Chicago  until  3.45  yesterday,  when  the  firemen  refused  to  work,  alleging 
that  they  had  been  ordered   to  strike.     Investigation   proved  that  local 


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action  had  been  taken  in  three  lodges  and  only  by  a  portion  of  the  mem- 
bers of  those  lodges.  No  authorized  strike  of  firemen  had  been  declared. 
At  this  time  the  engineers 'also  determined  that  they  would  not  go  out 
with  any  new  firemen  and  that  they  would  not  run  an  engine  unless 
they  had  regular  firemen  or  the  engine  was  fired  by  an  officer  of  the 
•company.  This  necessitated  the  abandoning  of  some  trains  and  delayed 
others.  Have  issued  orders  reducing  forces  everywhere  on  the  road,  re- 
ducing our  section  forces  down  to  the  foreman  and  one  man. 

C,  B.  &  (2- — Moved  all  freight  it  had  to  handle  yesterday:  passenger 
trains  and  suburban  trains  running  on  time.  Not  attempting  to  do  much 
■of  any  freight  business  at  Chicago. 

C,  M.  &  St.  p. — Have  been  running  all  passenger  trains.  Have  had 
no  trouble  with  engine  men  or  train  men  in  the  passenger  service,  ex- 
cept out  of  Minneapolis.  Freight  trains  moving  on  all  of  the  divisions 
except  between  Chicago  and  Savannah  and  Chicago  and  Milwaukee. 

C,  R.  I.  &  P.— No  attempt  has  been  made  since  last  night  to  do 
anything.  No  attempt  will  be  made  until  the  United  States  troops  are 
there.  Yard  switchmen  and  firemen  at  Rock  Island,  about  thirty-five 
in  number,  struck  last  night  at  6  P.  M. ;  four  switchmen  and  one  engi- 
neer and  two  firemen  at  Des  Moines;  also  car  department  and  coal 
chute  forces,  about  twenty  in  number,  at  Valley  Junction,  Iowa,  walked 
out  yesterday  noon.  The  strikers  were  served  with  an  injunction  at 
Blue  Island  at  5  o'clock  yesterday,  and  after  considerable  jeering  and 
hooting,  went  off  and  permitted  the  mail  train  to  go  through,  but  after 
dark,  again  congregated  through  the  yard  and  derailed  five  cars  in  differ- 
ent parts  of  the  yard,  turning  two  of  them  over. 

C.  G.  W. — Nothing  new  to  report  ;  situation  somewhat  improved. 

C.  &  N.  P.  AND  Wis.  Cen. — Trains  moving  on  time. 

111.  Cen. — Passenger  trains  arriving  and  departing  practically  on  time. 
Doing  no  suburban  business.  Got  passenger  trains  through  Cairo  yester- 
day about  on  time.  Had  asked  the  Governor  for  troops  to  protect  the 
freight  trains  at  Cairo  ;  have  no  reply  yet.  Switchmen  still  out  at 
Dubuque.  At  Sioux  City  last  night  there  was  a  mob  of  about  10,000 
people,  which  refused  to  allow  the  train  to  go  out,  tore  up  switches  and 
ditched  cars  ahead  of  the  train.  Balance  of  line  all  right.  Line  in  better 
shape  than  yesterday. 

L.,  N.  A.  &  C. — Not  in  as  good  shape  as  yesterday.  Coal  heavers  went 
out  last  night  and  some  of  the  freight  brakemen  have  refused  to  go  out. 
It  was  understood  that  all  men  that  belong  to  the  A.  R.  U.  have  been 
ordered  to  refuse  to  go  out.  Train  due  to  leave  Indianapolis  12:30  last 
night  is  still  there,  the  engineer  refusing  to  go  out  unless  the  Pullman 
-cars  are  cut  off.  Called  on  another  engineer  there  and  he  refused  to  go 
out. 


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L.  S.  &  M.  S. — Passenger  trains  moving  all  right.  Have  annulled 
Stock  Yards  trains. 

Mich.  Cent. — Passenger  trains  moving  as  usual.  Sent  out  dairy  and 
merchandise  freight  last  night.  Undertook  to  take  out  a  train  of  meats, 
but  the  mob  threw  stones  at  the  engineer  and  train  master  and  after  six 
attempts  to  couple  on,  it  was  abandoned.  The  strikers  put  a  piece  of 
iron  in  the  cross-head  and  disabled  one  side  of  the  engine.  None  of  the 
employes  have  quit  work  at  any  point  outside  of  Chicago,  though  the 
newspapers  state  that  they  have.  At  Michigan  City  the  O.  R.  C,  B.  of 
L.  E.,  B.  of  L.  F.,  B.  of  R.  T.  M.  and  S.  M.  A.  A.  had  a  joint  meeting 
and  passed  a  resolution  saying  they  would  retain  their  positions  so  long  as 
not  asked  to  perform  the  duties  of  men  on  a  strike.  With  the  exception 
of  the  meat  referred  to  had  been  able  to  handle  what  little  freight  is 
offered. 

N.  Y.,  C.  &  St.  L. — Men  had  held  a  meeting  at  Stony  Island  protest- 
ing against  the  company's  action  in  regard  to  sending  men  to  foreign 
roads  where  the  strike  is  on  and  refusing  to  go  ;  and  also  protesting 
against  the  General  Manager  belonging  to  the  General  Managers'  Associa- 
tion, and  later  they  had  another  meeting  and  resolved  to  do  no  work  until 
this  trouble  is  settled. 

P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L. — The  different  organizations  of  employes  had  meet- 
ings Sunday  and  advised  the  company  that  they  would  work  as  long  as 
requested  to  perform  only  their  ordinary  duties  and  not  to  take  the  posi- 
tions of  strikers,  or  to  come  to  Chicago  to  do  any  work.  At  Indianapolis 
the  switchmen  are  all  out,  also  at  Cincinnati.  Representatives  of  the 
A.  R.  U.  are  organizing  at  all  junction  points.  Last  night  strikers  broke 
into  a  car  of  powder  at  Lansing  and  took  out  eighty-four  kegs  of  powder 
and  concealed  it.  8:30  train  derailed  at  Canal  street  by  switch  misplaced 
by  strikers.  Had  succeeded  in  getting  twenty-three  cars  of  beef  from  the 
Stock  Yards  at  4  o'clock  this  morning  and  it  was  on  its  way  east.  In 
Chicago  every  switchman,  yard  engineer,  fireman,  crossing  watchman, 
switch  tender,  coal  heaver  and  all  laborers  of  that  class  are  out.  Road 
engineers  refuse  to  even  back  trains  up  to  the  wash  track.  Possibility  of 
trouble  at  Pittsburg  to-morrow. 

As  soon  as  the  loss  of  the  powder  at  Lansing  was  discovered  the  United 
States  Marshal  and  his  local  representatives  were  notified  of  the  fact. 

C.  &  W.  Ind. — News  just  received  that  passenger  engineers  and  fire- 
men have  gone  out  at  Dearborn  station,  and  have  sent  men  from  here 
to  take  their  places. 

Wabash. — Many  trains  greatly  delayed.  Some  trains  running  with 
new  engineers  and  firemen.  All  switching  engineers  at  East  St.  Louis 
went  out  yesterday. 


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Reports  were  read  of  A.  R,  U.  meetings  at  Uhlick's  hall  and  other 
places.  One  at  Lincoln  and  West  Indiana  streets  attended  by  600  men. 
One  speaker  advised  the  men  to  resort  to  anything  to  bring  the  General 
Managers  to  terms,  etc. ,  etc.  That  the  A.  R.  U.  was  endeavoring  to  organize 
the  stationary  engineers  in  Chicago  into  the  union,  and  when  organ- 
ized would  call  them  out. 


The  Chairman  announced  that  printed  copies  of  the  injunction  issued    injunction, 
yesterday  by  the  United  States  Court  were  being  furnished  to  the  mem- 
bers in    any    quantity  desired,    which    should   be   posted    at    important 
points  on  their  lines. 


Mr.  Walker,  Assistant  to  the  United  States  District  Attorney,  was 
here  introduced  and  spoke  at  length  in  reference  to  the  injunction,  ask- 
ing that  members  furnish  the  United  States  officials  with  evidence  of 
its  violation. 

He   also  stated  that  Government    troops   would   be    ordered   out   and    Disposition  of 

Troops, 
that  when  they  arrived  they  would  undoubtedly  be  distributed  under  the 

direction  of  the  United  States  Marshal,  who  would  be  glad  to  have  sug- 
gestions from  the  railways,  as  they  would  be  better  advised  than  anyone 
else  of  the  necessities. 

Upon  motion,  duly  seconded,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  members  of  the  Association  communicate  to  Mr, 
Egan  their  views  in  connection  with  the  movement  of  the  United  States 
troops,  and  that  Mr.  Egan  be  the  authorized  party  to  communicate  the 
views  of  the  Association  to  the  United  States  olhcials. 

The  Association  tendered  its  thanks  to  Mr.  Walker  and  expressed  the 
hope  that  he  would  be  able  to  come  daily  to  the  meetings  and  give  his 
advice  and  suggestions. 


Mr.  St.  John  reported  in  behalf  of  Committee  No.    i   that  it  had  fur-    com.  No.  i. 
nished  yesterday  to  the  railroads  upon  application  188  men,  and  so  far 


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this  morning  had  furnished  Jo6,  making  294  from  lo  o'clock  yesterday  to 
10:30  to-day.  That  there  were  on  hand  switchmen,  engineers,  firemen, 
conductors  and  hostlers.  There  were  en  route  large  numbers  from  Bos- 
ton, Pittsburg  and  Philadelphia.  Agencies  had  been  established  at 
Scranton,  Reading  and  at  Cincinnati.  That  if  present  conditions  con- 
tinue there  would  be  several  hundred  men  here  by  Sunday  morning. 
The  committee  was  still  continuing  to  order  them  to  Chicago. 

Inquiry  was  made  if  it  was  the  standing  order  that  the  men  should 
be  forwarded,  so  that  in  case  wires  should  be  cut,  the  men  would  con- 
tinue to  come  until  the  order  to  stop  sending  them  was  issued.  Mr.  St. 
John  replied  that  it  was  fully  understood  that  we  wanted  them  to  con- 
tinue to  ship  the  men  daily  until  ordered  to  the  contrary  by  himself. 

After  some  further  general  discussion  the  meeting  adjourned  to  the 
following  day,  July  4th,  1894,  at  11  A.  M. 

E.  ST.  JOHN, 

Chas.  p.  Dawley,  C/iairman. 

Secretary. 


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GENERAL   MANAGERS"   ASSOCIATION. 


July  4,  1894. 

MINUTES  of  Special  Meeting  held  at  732  Rookery  Building,  July 
4,  1894,   at  II  o'clock  A.M.,  pursuant  to  adjournment  from   the 
previous  day.     Mr.  St.  John,  Chairman,  presiding.     Present: 


A.,  T.  &  S.  F., 
B.  &  O.. 

Cal.  &  B.  I., 
Chi.  &  Alton, 

Chi,  (It  Erie, 


C.  &  E    III, 

C.  &  W.  Ind. 
C.  &  G.  T., 


C.  &  N.-W., 

C,  B.  &  Q.,    - 

C,  M.  &  St.  P., 

C,  R.  I.  &  P., 

Chi.  Gt.  Western, 

C.  &  N.  P.,      - 

III.  Cent.,     - 

L.,  N.  A.  &  C,        - 

Mich.  Cent., 

N.  Y.,  C.  &  St.  L., 

P.,  F.  W.  &C.,  - 

P..  C,  C.  &  St.  L., 

Wis.  Cent.. 

Wabash  R.  R., 

l^or  the  Committees, 


D.  B.  Robinson,  ist  Vice-Prest. 
R.  B.  Campbell,  Gen.  Mgr. 
W.  G.  Brimson.  p.  &  G.  M. 
C.  H.  Chappell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

\  A.  M.  Tucker,  Gen.  Mgr. 

i  J.  C.  Moorhead,  Gen.  Supt. 
H.  H.  Porter,  Chairman. 
M.  J.  Carpenter.  P.  &  Gen.  Mgr. 
O.  S.  Lvford,  V.  Prest. 
B.  Thomas,  P.  &  Gen.  Mgr. 

i  W.  J.  Spicer,  Gen.  Mgr. 

(  A.  B.  Atwater,  Gen.  Supt. 

\  J.  M.  Whitman,  Gen.  Mgr. 

'  S.  Sanborn,  Gen.  Supt. 

\  Geo.  B.  Harris,  \'ice-Prest. 

1  W.  P.  Merrill,  Gen.  Mgr. 
A.  J.  Earling,  Gen.  Mgr. 

S  R.  R.  Cable,  Prest. 

(  E.  St.  John.  Gen.  Mgr. 
A.  J.  Kelly,  Supt. 
S.  R.  Ainslie,  Gen.  Mgr. 
J.  T.  Harahan,  2d  Vice-Prest. 
W.  H.  McDOEL.  \'.-P.  &  Gen.  Mgr. 
ROBT.  Miller,  Gen.  Supt. 
A.  W.  Johnston,  Gen.  Supt. 
Chas.  Watts,  Gen.  Supt. 
Chas.  Watts,  Gen.  Supt. 
By  Mr.  AiNSLlE. 
J.  S.  Goodrich,  Supt. 
John  Egan. 


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The  members  of  the  Legal  Committee  of  seven  were  present,  and  re- 
ported that  legal  matters  were  progressing  favorably,  but  they  had  no 
special  report  to  make. 


The  roll  was  called  for  the  reports  on  the  situation,  which  were  as 
follows  : 

A.,  T.  (S:  S.  F. — The  situation  improving,  both  in  freight  and  passenger 
business. 

B.  &  O. — Situation  considerably  improved  over  yesterday.  Trains 
being  handled  without  special  detention.  Stones  were  thrown  at  train  last 
evening  leaving  Rock  Island  Junction.  Three  of  the  assailants  were  ar- 
rested, one  of  them  a  former  master  mechanic  at  East  Chicago.  Two 
strikers  were  arrested  for  jumping  onto  a  train  north  of  C,  B.  &  O.  West- 
ern Avenue  yard.  Did  not  move  any  freight  last  night  because  the  police 
force  at  South  Chicago  were  worn  out  from  constant  duty. 

C,  M.  &  St.  p. — Having  no  trouble  except  at  Minneapolis,  Sioux  City 
and  Chicago,  and  at  those  places  only  with  firemen.  At  Minneapolis  have 
secured  enough  firemen  to  take  the  places  of  the  old  ones.  At  Sioux  City 
no  freight  trains  running,  but  passenger  trains  are  running.  At  Chicago 
the  trouble  is  confined  to  the  line  between  here  and  Savanna.  Large 
meeting  was  held  in  Milwaukee  to  try  to  get  the  switchmen  out,  but  they 
refused  to  go  out. 

Cal.  &  B.  L — No  change  since  last  report.  Everything  looks  favorable. 

Chi.  &  Alton. — No  material  change.  Passenger  trains  between 
Kansas  City  and  St.  Louis  yesterday  and  last  night  moved  on  time.  Trains 
between  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  still  held  at  Bloomington.  Local  trains  in 
and  out  of  Chicago  running  on  time.  Expect  to  have  United  States  mar- 
shals from  Springfield  at  Bloomington  this  morning. 

Chi.  &  Erie. — Situation  the  same  as  yesterday.  Passenger  trains  run- 
ning on  time.  No  freights  moving,  but  on  the  whole  the  situation  is  more 
favorable. 

C.  &  E.  III. — No  change  from  yesterday.  Find  the  new  men  that 
have  been  employed  are  doing  their  work  well.     Seem  to  be  good  men. 

Chi.  &  G.  T. — Condition  much  better  this  morning.  Had  sent  a  mes- 
sage that  every  man  who  had  deserted  his  post  had  forfeited  his  situation. 
That  had  been  followed  up  by  applications  from  old  conductors,  brake- 
men,  switchmen  and  yardmasters  to  be  taken  back. 

C.  &  N.-W. — Operating  practically  all  of  the  passenger  trains  in  and 
out  of  Chicago  on  the  Wisconsin  Division,  and  are  rapidly  getting  the  sub- 
urban traffic  running  on  the  Galena  Division.  No  freight  traffic  handled 
in  and  out  of  Chicago  yesterday,  but  are  rapidly  resuming  this  morning.. 


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The  train  with  the  United  States  troops  left  Fort  Sheridan  at  10:39  ^^  ^'^^'o 
sections,  and  arrived  here  at  11:50  and  12:30,  consisting  of  about  thirty 
■cars. 

C,  B.  &  O. — Situation  unchanged.  Running  all  passenger  trains. 
Strikers  cut  a  train  in  two  at  Western  Avenue  last  night,  but  police  pro- 
tection was  promptly  given,  and  it  coupled  up  and  proceeded  with  a  half 
hour's  delay  only. 

C,  R.  I.  &  P. — Situation  shows  improvement.  The  troops  arrived  at 
Blue  Island  about  5  o'clock,  and  a  little  later  an  engine  arrived  there  and 
work  was  commenced  clearing  up  the  wreck,  and  I  am  just  advised  the 
track  is  clear  and  in  half  an  hour  trains  will  be  started. 

Chi.  Gt.  Western. — Practically  no  change.  Ran  no  freight  trains 
yesterday.  Passenger  trains  running  with  some  delays.  They  are  mostly 
manned  with  new  men  on  the  engines,  and  new  brakemen,  but  have  the 
old  conductors  at  the  present  time  with  one  or  two  exceptions.  Expect  to 
start  freight  service  to-morrow  morning. 

The  road  engineers  did  not  go  out  as  a  body,  but  went  out  individually, 
with  the  exception  of  perhaps  a  dozen  on  the  system.  Do  not  think  they 
were  A.  R.  U.  men,  but  were  either  sympathizers  or  were  afraid. 

C.  &  N.  P.  and  Wis.  Central  handling  both  freight  and  passengers. 
C  &  Cal.  Terminal  is  tied  up.  Have  given  notice  to  the  men  that  if  they 
did  not  report  for  duty  to-morrow  morning  at  7  o'clock  they  would  all  be 
dismissed. 

III.  Cent. — In  better  shape  to-day  all  around  with  the  exception  of 
Memphis.  There  the  switchmen  went  out  at  half  past  ten  last  night  in 
sympathy  with  this  movement.  Have  six  companies  of  militia  at  Mounds 
this  morning  and  they  are  making  up  trams  getting  ready  to  send  out — 
the  crew  and  everything  ready  to  take  them  out. 

The  firemen  on  the  whole  line  except  the  Chicago  District  concluded 
yesterday  to  continue  at  work,  with  few  exceptions.  Will  have  a  train  in 
here  some  time  this  evening  with  vegetables.  Handled  yesterday  about 
100  cars  of  coal  and  merchandise  on  the  terminals  and  switched  them  to 
■where  they  could  be  unloaded.  Expect  to  resume  suburban  service  to- 
morrow morning. 

L.,  N.  A.  &  C. — Firemen  went  out  last  night  and  we  were  unable  to  move 
the  night  passenger  train  out  of  Indianapolis.  It  is  there  yet.  Louisville 
trains  left  here  this  morning  on  time,  also  trains  out  of  Chicago.  The 
engineers  are  very  anxious  to  fix  the  matter  up  with  the  firemen,  and  with 
that  in  view  have  called  a  meeting  for  this  afternoon.  The  company  has 
said  to  the  engineers  that  if  the  firemen  would  return  to  work  immedi- 
ately, their  places  would  not  be  filled,  but  if  they  do  not  their  places  will 
be  filled  with  new  men.  Have  the  assurance  of  enough  engineers  to  run 
the  passenger  trains,  that  they  will  work  with  any  kind  of  men.     Have  a 


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contract  with  the  firemen  which  requires  thirty  days'  notice,  which  they 
have  utterly  ignored. 

Mich.  Central. — Situation  about  the  same  as  yesterday.  All  pas- 
senger trains  moving  in  and  out.  Have  handled  all  freight  received  at 
Chicago.  Got  the  cars  of  beef  out  of  the  Stock  Yards  this  morning  that 
the  men  tried  to  get  and  failed  yesterday. 

N.  Y.,  C.  &  St.  L. — Situation  improved.  Passenger  trains  restored 
entirely. 

P.,  F.  W.  &.  C. — Suffering  some  from  guerilla  warfare.  Passenger 
trains  all  about  on  time.  Moved  some  freight  yesterday  in  both  direc- 
tions. Are  in  very  good  shape.  The  Fort  Wayne  to  date  has  not  missed 
any  of  its  passenger  trains. 

P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L. — In  better  shape,  but  suffering  considerably  from 
the  mobs. 

Wabash. — Situation  unchanged.  Most  trouble  experienced  at  Spring- 
field, lUinois,  and  Ashley,  Indiana,  on  account  of  not  having  protection. 
Have  plenty  of  men.  Ran  some  new  men  down  to  Ashley  night  before 
last  and  the  strikers  got  hold  of  them  and  ran  them  out  of  town.  Situa- 
tion has  improved  at  Decatur  ;  moved  five  trains  out  of  there  between  7 
and  10:30  this  morning.  Four-fifths  of  the  engineers  and  firemen  went 
out  and  the  balance  are  running  and  have  had  no  trouble  in  filling  the 
places  of  those  who  quit,  with  new  men.  Have  sent  twenty  engine  crews 
to  the  master  mechanic  at  Decatur  to  be  used  at  difi^erent  points. 


The  Chairman  reported  for  Committee  No.  i  that  they  furnished 
yesterday  183  men,  and  had  about  200  on  hand.  He  also  stated  that  Mr. 
Hays  at  St.  Louis  had  wired  him  yesterday  asking  if  he  could  supply 
them  with  men,  and  unless  notified  that  all  the  men  were  wanted  in 
Chicago,  twenty-five  would  be  sent  to  St.  Louis. 


Mr.  Thomas,  of  the  C.  &  W.  Ind.,  reported  that  he  had  discharged 
twelve  engineers  and  twelve  firemen  yesterday  for  refusing  to  do  their 
duty  and  that  this  morning  a  committee  waited  upon  him  to  consider  the 
matter.  After  a  long  conference  he  had  told  them  that  he  would  not 
entertain  a  proposition  to  take  them  back. 


Meetings  of  the  A.  R.  U.  were  reported  as  held  last  evening  at  27  N. 


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Clark  street,  composed  mostly  of  engineers  from  C.  iS:  N.-W.,  Santa  Fe 
and  C.  iX:  E.  I.,  reaching  no  conclusion  as  to  whether  they  would  go  out 
or  not.  Meetings  of  strikers  held  at  Ogden  avenue  and  12th  street,  and 
at  315  Root  street. 


After  the  reading  of  some  correspondence  and  reports,  the  meeting 
adjourned  to  11  o'clock,  July  5th,  1894. 

E.  ST.   JOHN, 
Chas.  p.  Dawley,  Chairman. 

Secretary, 


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GENERAL  MANAGERS'  ASSOCIATION. 


July  5,  1894. 

MINUTES  of  Special  Meeting  held  at  732  Rookery  Building, 
Chicago,  July  5th,  1894,  at  11  o'clock  A.  M.,  pursuant  to  adjourn- 
ment from  the  previous  day.  Mr.  St,  John,  Chairman,  presiding. 
Present : 


A.,  T.  &S.  F., 
B.  &  O.,       - 
Cal.  &  B.  I., 
Chi.  &  Alton, 

Chi.  &  Erie,    - 


C.  &  E.  111., 

C.  &W.  Ind., 
C.  &G.  T., 
C.  &N.  W., 
C,  B.  &  Q., 
C.,M.  &St.  P.,      - 
C,  R.  I.  &  P.,     - 
Chi.  Gt.  Western, 
C.  &N.  P., 

III.  Cent., 

L.,N.  A.  &  C,    - 
Mich.  Cent.,    - 
N.  Y.,C.  &  St.  L., 

P.,F.  W.&C,      - 

P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L., 
Wis.  Cent.,     - 

Wabash  R.  R.,    - 
For  the  Committees, 


D.  B.  Robinson,  ist  Vice-Prest. 
R.  B.  Campbell,  Gen.  Mgr. 
W.  G.  Brimson,  p.  and  G.  M, 
C.  H.  Chappell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

A.  M.  Tucker,  Gen.  Mgr. 

J.  C.  MOORHEAD,  Gen.  Supt. 

H.  H.  Porter,  Chairman. 

M.  J.  Carpenter,  P.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

W.  H.  Lyford.  Atty. 

B.  Thomas,  P.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 
W.  J.  Spicer,  p.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 
J.  M.  Whitman.  Gen.  Mgr. 
W.  F.  Merrill,  Gen.  Mgr. 

A.  J.  Earling.  Gen.  Mgr. 

E.  St.  John,  Gen.  Mgr. 
A.  J.  Kelly,  Supt. 

S.  R.  Ainslie,  Gen.  Mgr. 

Stuyvesant  Fish,  Prest. 

J.  T.  Harahan,  2d  Vice-Prest. 

W.  H.  McDoel,  v.- p.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

Robt.  Miller,  Gen.  Supt. 

A.  W.  Johnston,  Gen.  Supt. 

Joseph  Wood,  Gen.  Mgr. 

Chas.  Watts,  Gen.  Supt. 

Joseph  Wood,  Gen.  Mgr. 

By  Mr.  AiNSLIE,  of  the  C.  .X:  N.  P. 

Chas.  M.  Hays,  Gen.  Mgr. 

J.  S.  (Goodrich,  Supt. 

J.  M.  Egan. 


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Before  calling  the  roll  for  statements  of  the  situation,   the  Chairman    Letter  from  p. 
,  ,  ,  ,     ,  M.  Arthur. 

read  several  letters  expressmg  encouragement  and  the  hope  that  the  Gen- 
eral Managers'  Association  would  maintain  its  position. 

The  Chairman  also  read  the  following  extract  from  a  letter  written  by 
Grand  Chief  Arthur: 

EXTRACT  FROM  LETTER  OF  GRAND  CHIEF  ARTHUR, 
Dated  July  2nd,  1894. 

No  honorable  man  can  take  exception  to  the  position  of  the  Brother- 
hood of  Locomotive  Engineers,  which  is  one  of  non-interference.  We 
were  not  advised  with  nor  consulted  before  the  strike  was  ordered,  con- 
sequently we  are  in  duty  bound  to  remain  neutral  and  be  ready  to  dis- 
charge our  duties  as  engineers  when  it  can  be  done  with  safety,  regardless 
of  what  other  employes  may  do.  If  the  company  furnishes  switchmen 
and  firemen,  whether  they  be  union  or  non-union,  it  is  the  duty  of  the 
engineers  to  run  their  engines.  Any  member  refusing  to  do  so  lays  him- 
self liable  to  dismissal,  and  will  not  receive  any  support  from  the  brother- 
hood. 

(Signed  and  under  seal.)  P.  M.  ARTHUR, 


The  Chairman  read  a  telegram  from  the  Superintendent  at  the  L^nion 
Stock  Yards  saying  all  was  quiet  last  night;  no  harm  done.  That  a  M.  C. 
engine  had  started  to  the  Yards  to  take  out  a  train  of  beef,  and  the 
Marshal  had  been  requested  to  furnish  protection  for  it. 

The  roll  was  then  called  for  statements,  resulting  as  follows  : 

A.,  T.  &  S.  F. —  In  better  shape  than  at  any  time  since  the  strike 
began,  except  Raton;  have  moved  freight  and  passenger  trains  yesterday 
in  all  directions.  Denver  line  and  Grand  Junction  line  open;  moved 
freight  into  and  out  of  Denver,  and  through  La  Junta  and  Pueblo  and 
through  Kansas.  Sent  fifty  switchmen  to  Kansas  City  last  night.  Engin- 
eers and  firemen  practically  all  right  all  over  the  system.  Troops  reached 
Raton  last  night,  and  expect  to  move  trains  out  of  there  this  morning. 

B.  &  O.  R.  R, — Situation  as  far  as  the  operation  of  trains  is  concerned 
about  the  same  as  yesterday.  Trains  ran  in  and  out  of  the  city  last  night 
without  interruption,  and  with  full  complement  of  cars.  This  morning  at 
4  o'clock  an  engineer  of  a  freight  train  out  of  South  Chicago  refused  to  go 
and  persuaded  his  fireman  to  get  off.  At  Garrett  yesterday  afternoon  a 
strike  was  declared  by  the  A.  R.  U.,  and  there  are  fifty-five  shopmen  out 


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on  strike ;  two  brakemen  and  three  firemen  have  thus  far  refused  to  go. 
Are  starting  trains,  however.  Brought  some  coal  to  the  team  tracks  in 
Chicago  this  morning.  Deputy  Marshals  in  Indiana  will  serve  the  injunc- 
tion which  has  been  issued  there  on  the  employes  at  Garrett  and  other 
stations  where  any  difficulty  is  being  had.  Have  assurances  from  leaders 
of  other  organizations  than  the  A.  R.  U.  that  the  men  will  perform  their 
duties,  and  if  they  do  not,  they  understand  that  they  will  be  dismissed  from 
the  company's  service  and  also  be  thrown  out  of  their  Orders.  Are  running 
freight  and  passenger  trains,  with  some  interruptions  to  freight  trains, 
none  to  passenger  trains  as  yet. 

Calumet  &  Blue  Island  R.  R. — Situation  practically  unchanged  ; 
have  made  no  efforts  to  run  trains  and  shall  make  none  to-day. 

Chl  &  Alton  R.  R. — Passenger  and  mail  trains  moving  this  morning; 
no  freight  trains  started.  With  the  aid  of  U.  S.  marshals  the  blockade  at 
Bloomington  was  raised  yesterday  and  trains  gotten  out  of  there.  Fire- 
men have  quit  in  a  body  and  their  places  will  be  filled  and  freight  traffic 
started  as  soon  as  possible. 

Chl  &  Erie  R.  R, — Moving  passenger  trains,  but  no  freight.  Pull- 
man cars  were  cut  off  from  the  train  yesterday  afternoon  at  Hammond  by 
some  "  picknickers  "  from  the  Hammond  works  and  were  put  on  the  side 
track.  The  President  of  the  A.  R.  U.  wires  that  their  organization  had 
nothing  to  do  with  cutting  otf  the  cars. 

C.  &  E.  III.  R.  R. — Will  make  up  trains  this  morning  and  call  the 
men  to  run  them,  Through  passenger  trains  are  running,  except  two  that 
were  abandoned.  Are  running  no  suburban  trains  or  freight  trains,  al- 
though they  are  being  made  up  to-day. 

Chl  &  Gd.  T. — Position  much  more  favorable  to-day  ;  mail  and  pas- 
senger trains  are  running  and  intend  to  start  regular  freight  to-day. 
Everything  appears  to  be  quiet  on  the  line.  Many  strikers  are  endeavor- 
ing to  get  back  m  the  service.  There  appears  to  be  a  feeling  on  the  part 
of  some  of  the  enginemen  that  they  are  in  personal  danger  if  they  attempt 
to  run  ;  but  they  will  likely  stay  at  their  posts. 

C.  &  N.-W.— All  passenger  trains  runnmg  in  and  out  of  Chicago  on 
time  since  night  before  last,  including  suburban  trains;  are  moving  some 
freight  this  morning  from  Chicago  and  have  sufificient  switching  force  to 
handle  the  business  that  is  now  moving.  Have  sixteen  switching  engines 
working  in  Chicago. 

C,  B.  &  Q.  R.  R. — Situation  practically  unchanged  ;  all  passenger 
trains,  both  through  and  suburban,  are  running  and  on  time  ;  have  not 
been  moving  any  freight  out  of  Chicago.  Everything  on  the  line  is  mov- 
ing regularly  and  in  good  shape. 

C,  M.  &  St.  p.  Ry. — With  the  exception  of  the  striking  switchmen  in 
Milwaukee  there  is  no  change.     Passenger  trains  are  moving  on  the  en- 


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tire  system  with  the  exception  of  Sioux  City,  where  there  was  a  delay  of 
several  hours  yesterday  on  account  of  the  mob.  Also  moved  some  freight 
trains  out  of  Chicago  last  night  and  expect  to  move  several  more  out  this 
morning. 

C,  R.  I.  &  P.  Ry. — Have  had  the  same  troubles  up  to  within  half  an 
hour  at  47th  street  that  were  experienced  yesterday,  but  with  the  aid  of 
troops  which  arrived  about  half  an  hour  ago,  the  crowd  has  been  cleared 
and  numbers  6  and  12,  which  followed  the  train  carrying  the  troops,  have 
arrived.  West  of  Blue  Island  and  west  of  the  Missouri  River,  a  strike 
was  ordered  yesterday,  but  it  is  entirely  without  effect.  In  fact,  it 
would  seem  as  though  there  were  very  few  of  that  class  of  men  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  company  west  of  the  river.  Fifteen  arrests  were  made  at 
Blue  Island  yesterday  and  all  placed  under  bonds. 

Chicago  Great  Western  Ry. — Yesterday  the  passenger  trains  all 
ran  :  also  one  picnic  train ;  did  not  undertake  to  move  any  freight  trains. 
This  morning  passenger  trains  are  runnmg  nearly  on  time  and  have 
moved  this  morning  out  of  the  depot  two  freight  trains,  all  equipped  with 
new  men  :  enginemen,  firemen,  conductors  and  brakemen.  Two  switch- 
ing engines  now  working  in  Chicago. 

C.  &  N.  P. — Trams  are  movmg,  except  night  trains  ;  have  no  mail 
trains.  All  switch  engines  are  at  work.  The  C.  &  C.  T.  men  have  gone 
out  :  gave  them  till  this  morning  to  report  for  duty. 

C.  &  W.  iND. —  Everything  in  good  shape.  Engineers  and  firemen 
have  sent  word  that  they  will  handle  the  business  as  usual  and  work  with 
any  new  men,  and  no  further  trouble  is  expected  with  them. 

III.  Cent. — Have  about  fifteen  switch  engines  at  work  and  both  ex- 
press and  regular  suburban  trains  running  as  far  as  Grand  Crossing. 
Moved  two  freight  trains  out  of  Mounds  yesterday,  and  to-day,  by  noon, 
will  get  five  more.  At  Sioux  City  the  troops  finally  arrived  but  not  be- 
fore the  mob  had  burned  the  bridges  close  to  the  city,  but  they  have  been 
patched  up  and  trains  will  be  gotten  out.  Received  some  twenty-six 
cars  of  perishable  freight  here  to-day  and  are  arranging  to  send  some  out. 
One  of  the  strikers  got  onto  an  engine  at  Kankakee  this  morning  and  un- 
dertook to  pull  the  engineer  off.  The  fireman,  called  "Montana  Kid," 
gave  the  striker  the  worst  of  it  and  brought  him  up  to  Hyde  Park,  where 
the  Justice  refused  to  prosecute  him.  He  was  taken  before  the  U.  S. 
Courts.  Gave  notice  last  night  to  all  switchmen  that  any  of  them  who 
declined  to  work  by  i  o'clock  to-day  would  not  be  considered  employes 
any  longer. 

L.,  N.  A.  &:  C. — Passenger  trains  were  started  last  night  out  of  LaFay- 
ette,  where  two  had  been  held  since  noon,  and  two  at  Indianapolis  since 
noon,  about  5  o'clock.  The  engineers'  committee  called  a  meeting  of 
the  brakemen  at  LaFayette  and  they  had  a  stormy  meeting  lasting  about 


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four  hours,  and  finally  succeeded  in  passing  resolutions  that  they  had  no- 
grievance  against  the  company  and  they  would  go  back  and  go  to  work 
on  passenger  trains  to-day  and  hold  another  meeting  and  decide  as  to 
freight  service.  Have  sent  notices  to  the  effect  that  any  employe  who 
fails  to  report  for  duty  to-morrow  morning  will  not  be  considered  as  an 
employe  of  this  company  any  longer,  and  will  endeavor  to  fill  their  places. 
Are  moving  no  freight. 

Situation  at  49th  street  is  unchanged  ;  can  have  plenty  of  men  to  put 
in  there  but  do  not  think  it  advisable  until  the  C.  &  E.  and  the  Wabash 
and  C.  &  E.  I.  are  ready,  unless  we  can  have  a  company  of  soldiers  in  that 
district.  It  is  a  very  bad  location  and  the  men  are  ready  to  go  to  work 
but  are  afraid  to  do  so.  The  boarding-house  keepers  at  that  point  refused 
to  furnish  anything  to  eat  to  the  new  men,  and  those  we  take  out  there  we 
supply  from  the  city.  Have  information  of  policemen  endeavoring  to  get 
the  new  men  to  quit  work  there.  Passenger  and  mail  trains  to-day  are 
running  on  time. 

Mich.  Cent. — Running  all  passenger  and  freight  trains  as  usual. 
Have  some  difficulty  about  getting  to  the  stock  yards  ;  will  try  them  again 
to-day.     Got  a  train  of  thirty  cars  of  beef  out  of  there  yesterday. 

L.  S.  &  M.  S.— Mr.  Johnston  of  the  N.  Y.,  C.  &  St.  L.  stated  that  while 
he  was  not  authorized  to  speak  for  the  L.  S.  &  M.  S.  he  knew  the  situa- 
tion, having  had  a  conference  with  Mr.  Canniff  at  10  o'clock  last  night,  at 
which  time  they  were  holding  over  east-bound  train,  and  the  west-bound 
train  was  being  held  at  51st  street  by  a  mob  who  took  off  the  engmeer  and 
firemen,  and  they  were  there  some  three  hours  afterwards.  The  passen- 
gers were  taken  in  from  there  on  a  street  car,  mail  bemg  left  on  the  train. 
At  about  4  o'clock  their  train  No.  20  was  captured  at  43d  street  by  a  mob^ 
and  the  fireman  and  all  the  crew  but  the  baggageman  were  taken  off  and 
taken  away.  The  strikers  allowed  the  baggageman  to  stay  and  take  care 
of  the  mail. 

N.  Y.,  C.  &  St.  L. — Strikes  have  been  declared  in  the  third  and  fourth 
districts  by  order  of  a  committee  of  the  A.  R.  U.  Our  No.  6  left  here  at 
2  o'clock  yesterday  afternoon  on  time  and  got  as  far  as  5  ist  street,  and  owing 
to  the  derailment  of  a  Rock  Island  chair  car  was  held  some  two  hours. 
That  train  is  still  at  Stony  Island,  unable  to  go  east.  Abandoned  train 
No.  2  and  at  i  o'clock  this  morning  the  train  men,  firemen  and  switchmen 
all  went  out  west  of  Bellevue,  which  is  the  terminus  of  the  eastern  division, 
and  have  moved  nothing  this  morning. 

P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L.  and  P.,  F.  W.  &  C. — Passenger  trains  are  all  run- 
ning on  time;  some  crews,  both  passenger  and  freight,  working  in  both 
yards,  and  the  warehouses  are  open.  Expect  to  get  out  whatever  freight 
there  is  offered.  Prospect  of  trouble  on  the  Logansport  Division  of  the 
P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L.  not  only  at  Logansport  but  among  the  road  men.     At 


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Indianapolis  the  situation  improved — all  the  yard  men  went  out,  but  they 
were  replaced.  The  Belt  men  went  out,  but  have  sutificient  new  crews, 
and  the  old  men  are  trying  to  get  back.  No  difficulty  at  Cincinnati. 
There  are  rumors  of  an  effort  to  get  the  men  out  at  Pittsburg,  but  such 
rumors  have  been  circulated  for  the  past  week,  and  while  it  is  known  there 
are  at  least  two  organizers  there,  so  far  they  have  succeeded  in  doing 
practically  nothing.  At  P'ort  Wayne  there  is  an  effort  being  made  to  get 
the  men  out:  quite  a  number  have  joined  the  Union,  but  so  far  there  has 
been  no  difficulty. 

Passenger  trains  on  the  Fort  Wayne  are  being  stoned,  but  no  serious 
-damage  being  done.  At  51st  street  this  morning  stones  were  thrown  at 
the  limited  train. 

Mr.  Miller,  of  the  Michigan  Central,  here  reported  the  receipt  of  a 
message  saying  that  a  train  of  dressed  beef  was  moving  from  the  stock 
yards  with  a  company  of  cavalry  ahead  of  it  and  infantry  on  each  side. 

Wabash  R.  R. — Practically  no  change.  Moving  both  passenger  and 
-freight  on  the  line,  but  moving  no  freight  at  Chicago.  Four  or  hve  gangs 
of  section  men  struck.  Strikers  set  fire  to  a  caboose  at  Litchfield  this 
morning  about  2  o'clock,  and  shortly  after  a  car  repairers'  oil  house  was 
burned,  and  shortly  after  that  the  freight  house  was  on  fire,  but  the  fire 
department  put  it  out.     Failed  to  get  the  parties  setting  the  fires. 

U.  S.  Y.  &  T.  Co. — The  Chairman  read  a  message  saying  that  owing 
to  the  situation  at  the  yards  none  of  the  officers  would  be  able  to  be  pres- 
ent at  the  meeting.  Strikers  congregating  at  Halsted  street,  where  the 
M.  C.  train  of  beef  was  passing. 


The  Chairman  reported  for  Committee  No.  i,  that  something  over  200   Report  of  Com. 
men  had  been  furnished  yesterday,  and  there  were  more  than  that  num- 
ber now  on  hand,  and  others  were  constantly  coming.     He  had  said  to  the 
Managers  at  St.  Paul  that  this  Association  could  furnish  them  with  some 
men. 


Col.  C.F.  Crocker,  Vice-President  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railway,  was 
present,  and  was  introduced  by  the  Chairman,  and  requested  to  state  to 
the  Association  the  condition  of  the  strike  on  his  lines,  which  he  did. 


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Committee  on  After  a  discussion  as  to  the  advisability  of   the  Railways  refusing  in 

employing  A. 

R.  u.  men.  the  future  to  employ  men  who  had  left  their  positions  and  gone  on  a  strike, 
the  following  resolution  was,  on  motion  duly  seconded,  unanimously 
adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  matter  be  referred  to  a  committee  of  five  to  look 
into  the  subject  and  make  a  report  to  the  Association  as  early  as  practi- 
cable. 

The  Chairman  appointed  to  act  on  said  committee,  Messrs.  Wood, 
Harahan,  Whitman,  Miller  and  McDoel. 


Reports  were  read  showing  that  meetings  of  the  A.  R.  U.  were  being 
held  hourly  all  over  the  city.  All  officials  of  the  A.  R.  U.  claim  the  Union 
is  gaining  in  numbers.  Hundreds  of  men  who  are  not  railway  men  in  any 
sense  of  the  word,  it  is  stated,  are  joining. 


Mr.  Miller  reported  receiving  a  telegram  showing  that  a  car  had  been 
ditched  in  front  of  the  meat  train  at  the  Stock  Yards  and  it  is  held  there. 


The  meeting  adjourned  to  the  following  day,  at  ii  oclock  A.  M. 

E.  ST.  JOHN, 
Chas.  p.  Dawley,  Chairman^ 

Secretary. 


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GENERAL  MANAGERS'  ASSOCIATION. 


July  6,  1894. 

MINUTES  of  Special  Meeting  held  at  732  Rookery  Building,  Chi- 
cago, July  6th,  1894,  at  11  o'clock  A.  M.,  pursuant  to  adjournment 
from  the  previous  day.     Mr.  ST.  JOHN,  Chairman,  presiding.     Present : 


A.,T.  &S.  F., 

B.  &  O.,  - 
Cal.  &B.  I., 
Chi.  &  Alton,     - 

Chi.  &  Erie,     - 

C.  &  E.  111.,       - 

C.  &W.  Ind., 
C.  &G.  T., 

C.  &  N.-W., 

C,  B.  &  O.. 

C,  M.  &  St.  P.,     - 

C.,R.  I.  &P., 

Chi.  Gt.  Western, 
C.  &  N.  P., 

111.  Cent., 

L.,N.  A.  &C., 
L.  S.  &  M.  S., 
Mich.  Cent., 

P.,  F.  W.  &  C.       - 

P..  C,  C.  &  St.  L.. 
Wis.  Cent.,    - 
Wabash  R.  R., 
For  the  Committees, 


D.  B.  Robinson,  ist  Vice-Prest. 

R.  B.  Campbell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

W.  G.  Brimson,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

C.  H.  Chappell,  Gen.  Mgr. 
(  A.  M.  Tucker,  Gen.  Mgr. 
(  J.  C.  Moorhead,  Gen.  Supt. 
\  H.  H.  Porter,  Chairman. 
(  M.  J.  Carpenter,  P.  &  Gen.  Mgr. 

B.  Thomas,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr, 
\  W.  J.  Spicer,  Gen.  Mgr. 
'  A.  B.  Atwater,  Gen.  Supt. 
j  J.  M.  Whitman,  Gen.  Mgr. 
(  L.  W.  Bowers,  Gen.  Counsel. 

W.  F.  Merrill,  Gen.  Mgr. 

A.  J.  Earling,  Gen.  Mgr. 
S  E.  St.  John,  Gen.  Mgr. 
'(  T.  S.  Wright,  Gen.  Atty. 

A.  J.  Kelly,  Supt. 

S.  R.  AiNSLlE,  Gen.  Mgr. 
i  Stuyvesant  Fish,  President. 
(  J.  T.  Harahan,  2d  Vice-Prest. 

W.  H.  McDoEL,  V.-P.  &  Gen.  Mgr. 

Jno.  Newell,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

Robert  Miller,  Gen.  Supt. 
\  Jos.  Wood,  Gen,  Mgr. 
'.  Chas.  Watts,  Gen.  Supt. 

Jos.  Wood,  Gen.  Mgr. 
•     Mr.  AiNSLlEof  C.  &  N.  P. 

J.  S.  Goodrich,  Supt. 
■    John  M.  Egan. 


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Militia  called  The  Chairman  stated  that  as  a  result  of  the  occurrences  of  the  previous 

for  by  Mavor.      ,  ,,,  ,,,,,  i^  r       r-  ■  ,•-,■■ 

day,  the  Mayor  had  called  on  the  Governor  for  five  regiments  of  mihtia. 

After  discussing  the  situation  and  reading  several  communications 
containing  expressions  of  encouragement,  the  roll  was  called  for  state- 
ments of  the  situation;  the  Chairman  stating  that  General  Miles  had  asked 
to  be  advised  daily  in  regard  to  the  movement  of  freight,  passenger  and 
mail  trains  by  the  different  lines,  what  lines  were  moving  and  which  were 
not,  and  what  results  had  attended  their  efforts  for  the  past  twenty-four 
hours  : 

The  A..  T.  &  S.  F.  reported:  Are  running  mail,  passenger  and 
freight  trains.  Made  an  opening  through  Raton  yesterday,  and  have 
moved  both  freight  and  passenger  trains  over  that  division.  Are  in  better 
shape  than  yesterday. 

B.  &  O.  — Incoming  passenger  train  was  obstructed  by  box  cars  being 
run  ahead  of  it  at  39th  street,  last  night.  The  mob  drove  the  train  back 
to  69th  street,  where  there  is  a  street  car  line,  and  passengers  were  unloaded 
and  sent  into  the  city.  The  train  was  afterwards  taken  back  to  South 
Chicago.  Train  due  here  at  9  o'clock  stopped  at  South  Chicago,  and  pas- 
sengers and  mail  were  sent  in  by  United  States  Express  Company's 
wagons.  One  train  was  attacked  by  the  mob,  and  the  deputy  marshals 
had  a  fight  with  the  mob ;  one  of  the  marshals  was  shot  in  the  head,  but 
not  seriously.  Have  had  to  move  obstructions  in  the  shape  of  rails, 
ties  and  things  of  that  sort.  Will  not  attempt  to  run  any  more  trains  until 
protection  can  be  had.  Outside  of  Chicago  have  had  no  trouble,  except 
the  small  strike  at  Garrett,  which  has  not  mterfered  with  the  operation 
of  the  road. 

Cal.  &  B.  I. — The  entire  force  went  out  last  night  at  6  o'clock;  switch- 
men, engineers,  firemen,  trainmen.  The  shops  were  closed  down  by  the 
company  and  every  man  discharged,  retaining  only  enough  for  watchmen. 
This  entirely  closes  down  the  South  Chicago  plant  of  the  Illinois  Steel 
Company,  as  they  have  no  means  of  getting  their  switching  done  or  ma- 
terial brought  into  the  works. 

Chi.  &  Alton.  —  Passenger  and  mail  trains  all  moving  without  inter- 
ruption except  within  the  city  limits  of  Chicago.  About  8  o'clock  last 
night  a  mob  came  into  the  Brighton  Park  yard  and  tipped  over  freight 
cars  onto  both  main  tracks  and  delayed  one  mail  train  all  night.  They 
also  ran  a  box  car  into  the  round-house  pit,  cut  the  hose  on  another  pas- 
senger train  and  disabled  an  engine  on  the  third.  The  tracks  were  cleared 
early  this  morning,  and  the  trains  are  all  moving  again.     Moved  one  train 


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of  freight  from  Bloomington  to  Dwight  this  morning,  and  expect  to  start 
other  freight  trains  to-day. 

Chi.  &  Erie.— Has  not  moved  any  freight  or  passenger  or  mail  trains 
within  the  last  twenty-four  hours  on  account  of  the  tracks  of  the  Chicago 
&  Western  Indiana  being  blocked  by  the  mob. 

Chi.  &  E.  III. — Through  passenger  trains  have  been  running,  with  the 
exception  of  night  trains.  None  of  its  suburban  trams  are  running.  Have 
attempted  to  run  no  freight  trains.  Very  much  embarrassed  by  the 
danger  trainmen  are  subjected  to  inside  the  city  limits  in  running  passen- 
ger trains.  Report  having  come  in  that  an  engineer  had  been  killed  near 
43d  street,  and  all  the  windows  on  one  side  of  the  train  broken,  con- 
cluded not  to  send  out  any  trains  to-day.  Did  some  switching  yesterday, 
but  the  men  were  assaulted  by  the  mob  and  were  driven  into  the  round- 
house. 

Chi.  &  W.  Ind. — The  mob  took  possession  of  the  tracks  at  half-past 
two  yesterday  afternoon  and  have  been  in  possession  ever  since.  A  train 
of  policemen  was  sent  to  41st  street  about  3:30,  which  was  assaulted  by  the 
inob.  The  engineer  and  firemen  were  assaulted,  and  the  policemen  also 
were  assaulted,  and  the  train  was  driven  back  to  Dearborn  station.  The 
fireman  was  badly  injured  and  was  sent  to  the  hospital.  About  half  of  the 
policemen  who  were  sent  out  there  with  the  train  came  back.  A  wreck- 
ing train  w'as  sent  out  at  4  o'clock  this  morning  in  charge  of  a  large  police 
force  and  succeeded  in  starting  trains,  but  they  were  immediately  stopped 
by  a  large  mob  who  stoned  the  trains  and  made  it  unsafe  to  run — unsafe 
for  the  men  and  unsafe  for  the  passengers— so  that  at  the  present  time 
the  road  is  completely  blocked.  Not  one  of  the  six  roads  operating  over 
the  C.  &  W.  Ind.  terminal  is  running  a  train.  There  is  a  very  large  mob 
at  40th  street,  and  they  have  full  possession  of  the  tracks  of  the  C.  &  W. 
Ind.  and  those  of  the  Fort  Wayne  road. 

C.  &  G.  T. — Are  doing  nothing  within  the  city  limits.  Outside  the 
city  everything  is  quiet  and  orderly  ;  have  an  abundance  of  trainmen 
ready  for  duty  as  soon  as  difficulties  at  Chicago  can  be  cleared  up. 
Mr.  Spicer  read  a  notice  served  by  his  company  on  the  Mayor  of  the  city 
of  Chicago  claiming  damages  for  the  destruction  of  station  at  Ashland 
-avenue,  and  other  property  destroyed  by  fire  caused  by  the  mob. 

Mr.  Carpenter  announced  that  he  had  just  received  a  telephone 
message  that  the  agent  of  his  road  at  Kensington  had  been  driven  out  by 
a  mob,  and  that  the  mob  were  overturning  cars  on  the  track. 

C.  &  N.-W.  Ry. — Reported  no  change  in  the  situation.  All  passenger 
trains  running,  and  all  freight  being  handled  that  was  offered  in  Chicago; 
.also  making  transfers  and  placing  cars  for  unloading. 


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C,  B.  &  O. — Very  little  change  from  yesterday.  Tried  to  get  out  a. 
train  of  merchandise  that  was  loaded  on  the  3d  ;  a  mob  gathered  around 
it  and  the  company  had  not  been  able  to  get  it  out  of  the  city  yet.  Mob- 
tore  up  one  rail  and  ditched  a  switch  engine.  Passenger  trains  are  all 
running.  Everything  is  quiet  elsewhere  along  the  line,  and  have  favor- 
able reports  from  all  proprietary  lines.  Hannibal  &  St.  Jo  day  switchmen 
went  out  at  Kansas  City,  but  were  replaced  by  new  men. 

C,  M.  &  St.  p. — All  trains,  freight  and  passenger,  are  running. 

C,  R.  I.  &  P. — Situation  about  the  same  as  last  night  so  far  as  heard 
from  up  to  this  time.     The  track  is  blocked  with  overturned  cars. 

Chi.  Gt.  Western. — In  better  condition  this  morning.  Moving  all 
freight  and  passenger  trains.  Mail  trains  are  being  delayed  somewhat  by 
employes  being  intimidated  along  the  line.  Running  with  nearly  all  new 
men 

C,  &  N.  P. — All  day-light  suburban  trains  moving;  night  trains  aban- 
doned. Handling  freight  properly.  Last  night  on  the  Blue  Island  branch, 
when  C.  &  N.  P.  train  leaving  at  6:45  reached  Brighton  Park,  the  win- 
dows of  the  engine  cab  were  broken  in  and  shots  were  fired  into  the  cab  ;; 
bullets  now  imbedded  in  the  woodwork  of  the  engine.  Incoming  trains 
this  morning  from  Blue  Island  were  delayed  somewhat  by  Pan  Handle 
cars  being  tipped  over  on  the  Blue  Island  track,  blockading  one  of  the 
tracks.  Sent  a  wrecking  crew  out  and  have  just  received  a  telegram  stat- 
ing that  they  got  the  tracks  clear  of  all  but  one  car  when  the  mob  got  after 
them  and  commenced  to  tip  the  cars  over  again.  The  wrecking  crew 
and  train  got  away,  but  it  will  be  impossible  to  get  another  train  through, 
until  the  mob  is  driven  away. 

III.  Cent.— Continued  to  do  switching  yesterday  and  this  morning. 
Ran  the  regular  suburban  trains  every  twenty  minutes  instead  of  five 
minutes  apart;  suburban  express  trains  running  properly.  Got  all 
passenger  trains  out  last  night,  and  about  98  freight  cars,  most  of  them 
empty.  Last  night,  just  after  the  Diamond  Special  left,  the  mob 
captured  the  police  train  that  was  sent  along  with  it  to  get  it  out  of  the 
city,  and  drove  the  policemen  out  of  it  and  stoned  them,  and  emptied  all 
of  the  water  out  of  the  tender.  The  mob  also  turned  over  quite  a  number 
of  cars  onto  the  main  tracks  between  Kensington  and  Pullman,  blocking, 
them  all  but  one.  and  this  morning  they  blocked  the  other  just  before  the 
C,  C,  C.  &  St.  L.  train  and  the  mail  train  for  Cairo  got  there,  so  that, 
those  two  trains  are  held  there.  They  also  burned  up  48  Illinois  Central, 
cars  at  104th  street  yard,  which  is  clo^e  to  Pullman.  The  mob  has  com- 
plete control  of  the  tracks  so  far.  They  also  cut  the  engine  from  the  Gil- 
man  train  and  ran  it  into  some  cars  that  were  off  on  the  crossing,  damag- 
ing the  engine  considerably.     Unless  the  mob  can  be  dispersed  will  not  be; 


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able  to  get  out  any  trains  to-day.  Have  some  trains  of  perishable  freight 
coming  in  which  are  very  close  there  now. 

The  switchmen  at  Freeport  all  went  back  to  work  yesterday. 

L.  S.  &  M.  S. — About  I  P.  M.  yesterday,  mobs  swarmed  around  our 
tracks  in  the  neighborhood  of  40th  street  and  overturned  a  large  number 
of  box  cars  from  40th  to  25th  streets,  completely  blocking  the  tracks,  also 
setting  fire  to  some  cars.  The  inbound  main  track  was  cleared  by  Rock 
Island  and  Lake  Shore  men  about  7  P.  M.,  but  was  almost  immediately 
blocked  again  by  cars  being  overturned.  Our  No.  3.  due  here  at  8  P.  M., 
was  stopped  at  43d  street,  passengers  compelled  to  get  off,  and  train 
abandoned  on  main  track.  A  committee  of  our  strikers  coupled  onto  mail 
car  and  ran  it  as  far  as  31st  street,  intending  to  bring  it  into  depot,  but 
were  stopped  by  track  being  blockaded.  No  trains  have  been  sent  out 
since  No.  6  at  10:30  yesterday  morning,  and  no  trains  have  come  into  the 
city  since  1 1  o'clock  yesterday.  Our  wrecking'  crew  are  now  clearing  main 
tracks  between  Englewood  and  Chicago.  We  hope  to  have  main  track 
open  at  noon.  As  soon  as  track  is  open  we  will  start  our  trains  under  pro- 
tection of  deputy  marshals  and  federal  troops.  We  have  received  infor- 
mation that  the  strikers  intend  to  destroy  our  South  Chicago  bridge  and 
have  asked  the  city  for  protection  at  that  point. 

L.,  N.  A.  &  C. — Engine  men  all  voted  yesterday  afternoon  to  return  to 
work— passenger  engineers  not  out.  The  firemen,  who  have  been  making 
the  most  trouble,  also  decided  to  return.  Passenger  men  do  not  like  to 
run  into  Chicago  without  protection.  Brought  last  night's  and  this  morn- 
ing's trains  as  far  as  Englewood  and  return  them  from  there.  A  train 
made  up  at  the  station  to  go  out  this  morning  is  held  on  account  of  the 
mobs  on  the  Western  Indiana.  Doing  no  freight  business  at  all  and 
shall  not  attempt  to  do  anything  in  the  city  until  some  protection  is  af- 
forded. Mr.  McDoel  stated  that  he  drove  out  through  the  49th  street 
yard  last  evening  and  a  mob  of  about  200  were  robbing  the  cars  of 
potatoes  and  watermelons,  carrying  them  ofi  in  sacks. 

Mich.  Cent. — Passenger  and  mail  trains  moving,  but  had  a  good  deal 
of  trouble  last  night  at  Kensington  and  Hammond.  Train  No.  8  held  by 
mob  and  the  fireman  taken  off  his  engine.  One  of  the  switch  tenders 
was  assaulted  and  is  now  in  St.  Luke's  hospital.  Trainmaster  and  one  of 
his  assistants  escaped  by  running  across  the  prairie  and  getting  a  street 
car  and  getting  into  the  city.  Another  switchman  was  assaulted  and 
badly  beaten.  He  drew  a  revolver  and  was  arrested  by  the  police.  Train 
of  dairy  freight  starting  out  of  Chicago  last  night  got  as  far  as  Hammond 
and  was  held  there.  Merchandise  train  is  held  now  at  Kensington,  be- 
cause it  could  not  pass  Hammond  if  sent  on.  The  men  are  willing  and 
anxious  to  do  their  work,  but  are  afraid  to  come  into  Chicago.  Sent  out 
all  passenger  trains  this  morning.     At    Hammond  the  tower  man  was 


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driven  out  of  the  tower  by  the  mob.  They  wouldn't  let  him  throw  the 
switches,  and  it  became  necessary  to  disconnect  the  interlockers  and  spike 
the  de-rails.     Everything  quiet  on  the  rest  of  the  line. 

P.,  F.  W.  &  C. — Passenger  trains  all  arrived  and  departed  as  usual  this 
morning.  The  last  train  in  was  about  10:45;  that  was  the  train  on  which 
it  was  reported  that  the  engineman  was  killed,  but  he  arrived  at  the  sta- 
tion and  reports  that  the  train  was  stoned  all  the  way  from  55th  to  41st 
street.  He  was  hit  by  a  stone  and  had  a  rib  broken.  The  mob  overturned 
cars  on  the  tracks  between  44th  and  55th  streets  yesterday  afternoon  and 
the  night  trains  were  not  sent  out  until  this  morning.  The  tracks  were 
cleared  up  after  midnight. 

P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L. — Tracks  were  blocked  between  the  C,  B.  &  0. 
crossing  and  39th  street.  They  were  cleared  after  midnight  and  the  de- 
layed trains  left  this  morning.  A  large  mob  reported  at  41st  street  now. 
Have  notified  both  the  mayor  and  sheriff  that  the  city  and  county  would  be 
held  for  damages. 

At  Fort  Wayne  the  yard  men  struck,  but  will  cause  no  interference 
with  the  business  of  the  road.  The  men  quit  at  Logansport  last  night, 
and  at  Cleveland  this  morning. 

U.  S.  Y.  &  T.  Co. — The  Chairman  read  a  telegram  saying  they  were 
doing  absolutely  nothing  at  the  yards;  all  tracks  are  filled  with  overturned 
box  cars,  and  there  is  not  a  wheel  in  motion. 

Wabash  R.  R. — Situation  outside  of  Chicago  somewhat  improved. 
Raised  the  blockade  at  Springfield  under  protection  of  the  militia,  and  are 
moving  freight  out  of  there.  Have  run  nothing  in  or  out  of  Chicago  since 
noon  yesterday  on  account  of  the  blockade  of  the  Western  Indiana.  Had 
two  trains  come  in  as  far  as  Englewood,  where  the  passengers  were  un- 
loaded, and  the  trains  were  taken  outside  of  the  city  and  held  until  this 
morning.  This  morning  after  the  Western  Indiana  tracks  were  clear  the 
trains  were  brought  into  the  depot,  but  at  35th  street  they  were  attacked 
by  a  mob  and  very  nearly  all  the  windows  in  the  cab  and  coaches  and  par- 
lor cars  were  broken  out.  No  one  hurt  as  far  as  known.  Had  train  made 
up  ready  to  go  out  at  10:50,  but  decided  not  to  run  it  until  protection  could 
be  had  there. 

Wis.  Cent. — Passenger  trains  moving  about  on  time.  Brought  in  107 
loads  in  past  twenty-four  hours,  including  seventy-five  cars  of  ice.  Took 
out  seventy-two  cars  of  merchandise. 


After  discussion,   the   following    resolution    was,    upon    motion    duly 
londed,  unanimously  adopted  a 
tions  that  it  be  given  to  the  press: 


Denial  that 
fuse  to  work,    seconded,  unanimously  adopted  as  the  sense  of  the  meeting,  with  instruc 


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Whereas,  It  has  been  called  to  the  attention  of  the  members  of  this 
Association  that  some  of  the  officials  of  this  state  have  declared  their 
understanding  that  the  existing  interruption  of  trains  and  railroad  business 
IS  due,  not  to  lack  of  protection  by  the  peace  officers  of  the  community, 
but  to  lack  of  men   in  the  service  of  the  railroads  who  are  willing  to  work, 

Be  it  hereby  resolved.  That  this  Association  publicly  state  the  facts, 
which  are  personally  known  to  its  members  to  be  true,  that  upon  a  great 
majority  of  the  railroads  entering  Chicago,  at  least  ninety  per  cent,  of 
their  employes  are  entirely  loyal,  and  ready  and  anxious  to  do  their  accus- 
tomed work  if  given  proper  protection  against  violence  and  interference, 
and  that  this  Association  has  now  ready  and  waiting  to  enter  upon  work,  a 
large  number  of  competent  railroad  men,  sufficient  to  fill  any  vacancies 
that  may  occur,  and  that  the  sole  cause  for  any  material  stoppage  of  busi- 
ness of  any  of  the  railroads  in  and  about  Chicago,  is  the  lawlessness  of 
mobs  not  yet  suppressed. 


The  Chairman  reported  that  Committee  No.  i  had  furnished  to  the 
various  lines,  during  the  last  twenty-four  hours,  263  men,  and  still  had  a 
considerable  number  on  hand. 


Reports  were  read,  showing  sixteen  A.  R.  U.  meetings  held  in  the 
city  and  vicinity  on  the  5th  ;  that  organizers  were  at  work  at  various  out- 
side points,  and  that  Mr.  Sovereign,  of  the  Knights  of  Labor,  was  in  the 
city. 

The  meeting  adjourned  until  11  o'clock  of  the  following  day. 

E.  ST.  JOHN, 
Chas.  p.  Dawley,  Chairman. 

Secretary. 


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GENERAL  MANAGERS'  ASSOCIATION. 


MINUTES  OF  SPECIAL  MEETING. 

July  7,  1894. 

MINUTES  of  Special  Meeting  held  at  732  Rookery  Building, 
Chicago,  July  7,  1894,  at  11  o'clock  A.  M.,  pursuant  to  adjourn- 
ment from  the  previous  day.  Mr.  ST.  JOHN,  Chairman,  presiding. 
Present : 


A.,  T.  &  S.  F.,      - 

B.  &  O.  R.  R.,  - 
Chi.  &  Alton, 
Cal.  &  B.  I.,       - 
Chi.  &  Erie, 

C.  &E.  Ill, 

C.  &W.  Ind., 
C.  &  G.  T.,     - 

C.  &  N.  W.,       - 
C.,B.  &0., 
C,  M.  &  St.  P., 
C.,R.  I.  &P.,      - 
Chi.  Gt.  Western, 
C.  &  N.  P.,  - 

111.  Central, 

L.,  N.  A.  &C.,     - 
L.  S.  &  M.  S.,   - 
Mich.  Central, 
N.  Y.,C.  &  St.  L., 

P.,  F.  VV.  &  C,    - 
P.,C.,  C.  &  St.  L., 


U.  B.  Robinson,  ist  Vice-Prest. 

R.  B.  Campbell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

C.  H.  Chappell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

W.  G.  Brimson,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

A.  M.  Tucker,  Gen.  Mgr. 
\  H.  H.  Porter,  Chairman. 

(  O.  H.  Lyford,  Vice-Prest. 

B.  Thomas,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 
W.  G.  Spicer,  Gen.  Mgr. 

J.  M.  Whitman,  Gen.  Mgr. 

W.  F.  Merrill,  Gen.  Mgr. 

A.  J.  Earling,  Gen.  Mgr. 

E.  St.  John,  Gen.  Mgr. 

Mr.  AiNSLiE,  of  C.  &  N.  P. 

S.  R.  AiNSLiE,  Gen.  Mgr. 
\  Stuyvesant  Fish,  President. 
'  J.  T.  Harahan,  2d  Vice-Prest. 

W.  H.  McDoel,  V.-P.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

JNO.  Newell,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

ROBT.  Miller.  Gen.  Supt. 

C.  D.  Gorham,  Supt. 

\  Jos.  Wood,  Gen.  Mgr. 
/  Chas.  Watts,  Gen.  Supt. 
Jos.  Wood,  Gen.  Mgr. 


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Wis.  Central,         -        -        -      By  Mr.  Ainslie,  of  the  C.  &  N.  P. 
Wabash  R.  R.,  -        -         J.  S.  GOODRICH,  Supt. 

For  the  Committees,       -        -    John  M.  Egan. 

A  report  was  read  that  Mr.  Sovereign,  of  the  Knights  of  Labor,  was  in 
consultation  with  A.  R.  U.  officials,  with  a  view  to  calling  out  the  Knights 
of  Labor. 


Committee  No.  i  reported  a  number  of  men  furnished  and  that  many   com.  No.  i. 
new  men  had  arrived,  comprising  all  classes  of  labor,  so  that  all  require- 
ments could  be  met. 


Numerous  telegrams  and  letters  were  read,  after  which  the  roll  was. 
•called  for  the  situation,  which  was  stated  as  follows : 

A.,  T.  &  S.  F. — Got  out  5  o'clock  and  9:30  passenger  trains  last  night 
under  protection  of  United  States  marshals.  Sent  no  freight  trams  out 
yesterday,  but  are  getting  out  two  this  morning.  Passenger  trains  coming 
in  practically  on  time,  and  the  situation  west  of  the  Chicago  city  limits  is 
all  right  through  to  California.  Have  been  making  arrests  freely  all  along 
the  line — arrested  forty  strikers  at  Raton  and  twenty-eight  at  Trinidad, 
and  sent  theni  to  Santa  Fe  and  Denver,  keeping  them  in  the  penitentiary 
at  Santa  Fe.  No  trouble  at  the  extreme  west  except  with  firemen.  Are 
cutting  down  train  forces  and  men  wherever  it  can  be  done. 

B.  &  O.  R.  R. — Have  not  been  able  to  do  any  business  in  or  out  of  Chi- 
cago last  night  or  this  morning.  Strikers  obstructing  the  main  track  at 
looth  street  by  turning  cars  over  on  them  ;  also  on  the  C,  R.  I.  &.  P.  and  C. 
&  N.  P.  tracks  which  are  used  by  this  company  in  getting  into  the  city. 
Have  succeeded  in  clearing  the  Rock  Island  track  as  far  as  Burnside  and 
also  the  B.  &  O.  tracks,  under  the  protection  of  police  and  deputy  marshals. 
Have  one  company  of  troops  at  South  Chicago.  Have  called  for  engineers 
to  move  trains  and  have  had  three  refusals  so  far,  saying  they  are  afraid. 
Outside  of  Chicago  are  having  no  trouble  in  the  way  of  interference  with 
trains  ;  have  had  a  few  strikers,  but  they  have  succeeded  in  doing  nothing 
further  than  to  throw  themselves  out  of  positions. 

Cal.  &  B.  I. — Making  no  attempt  to  run  any  trains.  Have  one  engine 
engaged  in  switching,  manned  by  officers.  The  steel  works  are  all  shut 
down  tight. 

Chi.  &  Alton. — Passenger  and  mail  trains  moving  on  the  whole  line 
•without  interruption  except  within  the  city  limits  of  Chicago.     The  mob 


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blocked  the  tracks  at  Brighton  Park  last  night  and  they  remained  blocked 
all  night,  but  they  were  cleared  this  morning  and  trains  are  moving  again. 
Started  freight  trains  out  of  Bloomington  and  running  freight  trains  in 
Missouri;  feel  that  if  the  mob  was  controlled  in  Chicago  business  would 
be  started  regularly.     One  car  burned  at  Joliet  last  night. 

Chicago  &  Erie. — No  passenger,  mail  or  freight  trains  have  been 
moved  on  the  C.  &  E.  north  of  Hammond  during  the  last  three  days,  for 
the  reason  that  protection  could  not  be  had  from  mob  violence.  The  sol- 
diers are  now  patrolling  and  guarding  the  tracks  between  Dearborn  Station 
and  49th  street,  and  we  expect  to  start  passenger  trains  to-day.  The  Gov- 
ernor of  Indiana  has  promised  to  send  militia  to  Hammond  to  raise  the 
blockade  at  that  point.  United  States  deputy  marshals  are  on  the  ground^ 
and  will  call  for  United  States  troops  if  necessary.  Trains  of  all  classes 
are  being  moved  without  interruption  between  stations  south  of  Hammond 
and  New  York.  Switchmen  at  Huntington,  Ind.,  struck,  and  some  of 
them  cut  the  hose  on  the  passenger  trains,  but  they  were  arrested  and  are 
in  jail.  This  mornmg  the  balance  of  the  men  returned  to  work,  and  every- 
thing is  in  good  shape  there.    At  Cleveland  the  switchmen  are  out. 

C.  &  E.  III. — Accomplished  very  little  yesterday.  Strikers  threw  sev- 
eral cars  across  the  tracks  at  Kensington  and  we  were  not  able  to  get 
them  out  of  the  way  until  this  morning,  and  trains  are  moving.  The  men 
got  a  good  deal  frightened,  but  they  seem  to  be  all  right  this  morning- 
We  started  some  suburban  trains  to-day  and  will  start  some  freight  unless 
there  is  some  more  disturbance  in  the  city. 

C.  &  W.  Ind. — Trains  were  mobbed  at  several  points  yesterday,  main- 
ly at  47th  and  49th  streets,  obstructions  being  thrown  on  the  tracks — 
switch  shanties,  ties,  etc.  The  situation  was  so  bad  that  we  were  obliged 
to  discontinue  movement  of  trains  entirely  upon  the  Western  Indiana. 
There  was  no  safety  for  the  employes  or  the  passengers,  consequently  after 
several  fruitless  attempts  to  get  the  trains  over  the  line  we  finally  aban- 
doned it.  Two  special  policemen  made  an  arrest  yesterday  but  were 
strongly  resisted,  and  one  of  them  so  badly  injured  that  he  was  taken  ta 
the  hospital.  They  succeeded  in  making  the  arrest  and  have  the  man  in 
jail.  Two  trains  were  held  at  Englewood  all  night  :  one  Grand  Trunk 
and  one  C.  &  E.  I.  train  on  account  of  overturned  cars  upon  the  Wabash 
road  so  that  they  were  unable  to  leave  our  line.  Sent  out  a  wrecking 
train  from  8ist  street  at  4  o'clock  this  morning,  in  charge  of  twenty-five 
policemen  ;  it  went  first  to  the  Wabash  road  and  cleared  it  of  obstruc- 
tions ;  then  went  to  Kensington  and  cleared  the  C.  &  E.  I.  tracks  at  that 
point,  and  they  are  now  at  work  clearing  the  Grand  Trunk  tracks  west  of 
49th  street,  where  there  are  a  good  many  cars  overturned.  Are  in  very 
good  shape  now  and  all  trains  are  running  as  usual  and  without  interrup- 


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tion,  and  the  indications  are  that  we  shall  be  able  to  handle  all  of  our 
business  from  this  time  on. 

C.  &  G.  T.— One  of  our  trains  was  stopped  at  31st  street  by  obstruc- 
tions on  the  track.  Had  five  deputies  on  the  train.  The  men  got  down, 
and  under  a  shower  of  stones  they  removed  part  of  the  obstructions — 
there  was  a  switch  shanty  across  the  track.  They  cleared  that  off  and  got 
on  to  Englewood,  where  they  stayed  all  night,  and  the  train  was  brought 
in  this  morning.  With  the  exception  of  Chicago  all  is  quiet,  and  the 
men  are  ready  for  duty.     Will  resume  running  passenger  trains  to-day. 

C,  &  N.-W. — No  particular  change  in  the  conditions  this  morning  ; 
have  run  all  passenger  and  freight  trains  as  usual.  Yesterday  we  handled 
in  and  out  of  Chicago  forty-seven  freight  trains  and  did  all  the  transfer 
work  and  switching  between  tracks  and  freight  houses.  Just  received  no- 
tice of  the  derailing  of  two  cars  on  Rockwell  street,  near  12th,  by  a 
switch  being  turned  while  the  train  was  moving.  Had  protection  there 
and  the  wrecking  car  is  at  work. 

C,  B.  &  O. — Had  a  shooting  affair  last  night  at  6  o'clock  at  Western 
avenue  between  a  striker  and  one  of  our  switchmen.  They  got  into  a 
controversy  and  both  drew  their  revolvers  at  the  same  time.  The  striker 
was  instantly  killed.  The  fireman  was  shot  through  the  neck.  There  is 
hope  for  his  recovery.  This  caused  a  crowd  of  two  or  three  thousand  to 
assemble  at  Western  Avenue.  Seemed  to  collect  like  ants  coming  out  of 
the  ground.  Had  several  fires  set  during  the  night  in  Western  avenue 
yards.  They  were  all  extinguished  by  the  fire  department.  A  large  crowd 
went  to  Hawthorne  last  evening  and  about  10  o'clock  began  setting  fire 
to  cars  in  the  Hawthorne  yards.  Mr.  Merrill  went  out  with  an  engine  and 
with  the  assistance  of  the  people  of  Morton  Park  the  cars  that  were  not 
burning  were  separated  from  the  burnmg  cars  and  taken  out.  It  was 
difficult  work  because  the  incendiaries  used  petroleum  and  would  set  fires 
in  different  parts  of  the  yard.  There  were  fires  in  half  a  dozen  different 
places  at  the  same  time.  Not  less  than  one  hundred  freight  cars  were  lost 
there  by  fire.  Have  militia  there  now.  Passenger  trains  are  all  running 
about  on  time.  No  freights  moving  out  of  Chicago.  On  other  parts  of 
the  system  everything  is  moving  normally  except  at  St.  Paul,  but  the 
situation  there  is  reported  to  be  constantly  improving.  Some  of  the  cars 
that  were  destroyed  at  Hawthorne  were  loaded. 

C,  M.  &  St.  P.  Ry. — Passenger  trains  are  moving  on  time  on  the  entire 
system.  Are  also  moving  freight  on  every  division  of  the  road  except 
between  Chicago  and  Savanna,  where  we  have  not  been  able  to  get  either 
a  train  crew  or  a  fireman  to  run  a  freight  train.  Are  having  more  or  less 
trouble  here  and  there  with  road  firemen,  but  are  able  to  find  enough  men 
to  fill  their  places.  Have  made,  up  to  this  morning,  seven  arrests  in 
Milwaukee,  including  the  president  of  the  A.  R.  U.  and  several  of  the 


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chairmen  of  the  A.  R.  U.  The  chairman  is  a  man  by  the  name  of  Arch- 
ibald, employed  by  the  North-Western  road. 

C,  R.  I.  &  P.  Ry. — Passenger  trains  Nos.  2  and  6  arrived  yesterday, 
delayed,  of  course,  and  Nos.  i  and  1 1  were  sent  out.  Are  moving  very 
little  freight.  No.  i  left  about  two  hours  late.  About  half  a  dozen  of  our 
cars  were  burned  last  night  at  our  tie  preserving  works,  and  attempts  were 
made  last  night  to  burn  a  lumber  yard  located  close  to  our  shops, 
probably  with  the  intention  of  destroying  the  shops,  but  the  effort  was  not 
successful. 

The  situation  between  Blue  Island  and  Chicago  is  practically  quiet  since 
yesterday  noon — no  excitement.     Shall  send  out  two  express  trains  to-day. 

Chicago  Great  Western. — Mr.  Ainslie  reported  that  he  had  re- 
ceived a  telegram  from  Mr.  Shields  requesting  him  to  represent  their  line. 
He  stated  :  The  situation  is  greatly  improved.  Passenger  and  freight 
moving  on  all  divisions.  At  12:40  this  morning,  the  incoming  through 
passenger  and  mail  train  was  wrecked  one  mile  west  of  Maywood  by  the 
track  having  been  tampered  with.  Splices  were  taken  off  and  the  ends  of 
the  rails  pried  apart  so  that  it  ditched  the  train,  the  engine  and  tender 
turning  bottom  side  up  on  one  side  of  the  track,  and  the  train  turning 
over  m  the  ditch  on  the  other  side.  In  consequence  of  this  wreck  they  are 
running  no  trains  out  of  Chicago  this  morning. 

C.  &  N.  P. — All  suburban  trains  are  running  on  time  on  the  main  line 
and  Harlem  division.  Necessary  complement  of  switch  engines  at  work 
moving  all  freight  promptly.  The  branch  running  to  Blue  Island  is  tied 
up,  owing  to  obstructions  on  the  track  between  Brighton  Park  and  49th 
street. 

Referring  to  the  wrecking  crew  that  were  engaged  in  clearing  the  track 
to  Blue  Island  yesterday  morning  at  the  time  the  meeting  was  in  session, 
this  engine  started  from  the  station  with  five  deputies.  On  the  way  out 
one  of  these  deputies  was  recognized  as  an  old  North- Western  switchman, 
and  he  jumped  off  the  engine  at  Western  avenue  and  went  over  to  the 
strikers'  meeting.  He  has  since  been  arrested  and  turned  over  to  the 
United  States  marshal.  This  wrecking  crew  succeeded  in  cleanng  the 
obstructions,  which  were  composed  of  Pan  Handle  cars  turned  over  from 
their  tracks,  which  are  parallel  with  those  of  the  C.  &  N.  P.  As  the 
Baltimore  &  Ohio  company  use  these  tracks,  all  of  their  trains  were  tied 
up  in  consequence  of  their  being  blocked,  and  also  all  of  our  trains  to 
Blue  Island,  and  connection  with  the  Calumet  Terminal  were  tied  up. 
This  morning  at  5  o'clock,  before  any  mob  had  gathered,  the  wrecking 
crew  went  out  and  cleared  away  the  obstructions,  getting  through  to  75th 
street  all  right.  About  7  o'clock  the  mob  commenced  to  gather  in  and 
obstruct  the  tracks  again.     They  turned  the  cars  all  over  on  them,  and 


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they  are  in  that  condition  now.  The  cab  of  the  engine  has  three  bullet 
holes  in  it,  and  all  the  windows  are  broken  out  of  the  cab. 

Illinois  Central. — Were  in  pretty  bad  shape  yesterday,  but  have 
the  tracks  clear  this  morning.  Had  quite  a  number  of  cars  overturned  on 
our  tracks  early  yesterday  morning,  which  prevented  our  trains  going  out 
yesterday  morning  or  last  night.  They  also  derailed  an  engine  on  the 
track.  Made  an  early  start  and  got  a  train  out  about  5  o'clock  this 
morning,  and  another  about  8  o'clock.  Have  some  freight  trains  coming 
in  and  some  going  out,  and  generally  in  pretty  fair  shape.  Suburban  trains 
running  as  far  as  Grand  Crossing. 

Had  another  fire  at  104th  street  yesterday  which  destroyed  about  75  cars. 
Got  protection  there  about  7  o'clock  last  night,  which  probably  saved  the 
shops  and  Fordham  yard,  as  there  are  several  thousand  of  the  strikers 
down  there  and  it  is  a  dangerous  place.  Have  all  the  switching  crews  that 
are  needed,  and  doing  our  switching  right  along  in  our  lower  yards  with- 
out interruption.  Not  undertaking  to  do  any  switching  at  the  Fordham 
yard  on  account  of  the  large  number  of  people  that  are  there.  Yesterday 
evening  a  party  of  four  or  five  got  onto  a  suburban  train  at  Hyde  Park  and 
when  they  got  to  39th  street  they  stopped  the  train  by  putting  the  air  on 
and  cut  the  engine  ofl'  and  made  the  engineer  take  it  to  the  house.  We 
were  satisfied  that  the  engineer  knew  who  the  parties  were.  He  would  not 
tell  us,  and  the  Superintendent  of  Machinery  told  him  to  go  home  until  he 
could  remember  who  they  were.  Since  that  occurrence  policemen  have 
been  put  on  those  trains. 

At  Mounds  fifteen  trains  were  got  out  in  both  directions  and  quite  a 
large  number  of  trains  in.  Two  companies  of  troops  have  been  taken 
away,  leaving  three  there. 

Generally  the  condition  is  better  this  morning  and  we  expect  to  do 
more  business  to-day,  both  in  freight  and  passenger  service,  than  we  have 
done  yet. 

L.  S.  &  M.  S. — We  got  our  main  tracks  cleared  about  i  o'clock  yester- 
day and  at  once  resumed  passenger  service — trains  have  run  since  then 
without  interference.  Our  through  passenger  service  has  been  resumed 
and  our  suburban  service  will  be  started  on  Monday.  Last  night  had 
three  or  four  cars  turned  over  and  a  few  trains  stoned — nothing  serious. 
Have  our  passenger  cars  guarded  with  troops  and  deputies  this  morning 
and  everything  moving  all  right. 

Switchmen  at  the  local  freight  station  in  the  city  of  Cleveland  quit 
work  yesterday  and  are  still  out.  The  men  in  the  yards  at  Collingwood 
and  Rockwood  on  either  side  of  the  city  continued  at  work. 

L.,  N.  A.  &  C. — Train  No.  6,  due  here  about  6  o'clock  in  the  evening, 
was  stopped  at  Hammond  by  the  mob  and  the  engine  killed  on  the  track. 
The  sheriff  and  the  United  States  marshal  and  the  governor  were  notified, 


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and  the  train  leaving  Indianapolis  this  morning  brought  up  twenty  deput)r 
marshals  and  came  through  Hammond  all  right  and  also  came  into  Chi- 
cago at  the  Polk  street  station.  Were  not  able  to  get  any  trains  in  or  out 
of  Polk  street  station  yesterday,  but  ran  some  of  them  in  as  far  as  Engle- 
wood,  being  stoned  at  the  crossing  of  the  Illinois  Central.  Have  sent  out 
our  regular  trains  this  morning  about  on  time  and  they  have  passed  Ham- 
mond without  any  difficulty.     They  had  Pullman  cars  on. 

Our  employes  have  signified  a  desu'e  to  return  to  work,  including  coal 
heavers,  switchmen  and  firemen.  It  is  reported  that  the  men  who  inter- 
fered with  train  No.  6  at  Hammond  were  from  Chicago  and  immediately 
returned  after  the  trouble  was  over.  Expect  to  be  able  to  identify  the 
leaders.  Have  not  resumed  freight  traffic  in  Chicago  ;  shall  undertake  to 
do  some  Monday.     (This  bemg  Saturday). 

N.  Y.,  C.  &  St.  L. — Had  only  one  passenger  train  on  the  road  yester- 
day, which  was  a  mail  train  starting  from  Cleveland.  At  Fort  Wayne 
the  regular  engineer  and  fireman  refused  to  go  out.  After  some  time  a 
freight  engineer  volunteered  to  run  the  engine  and  the  road  foreman  of 
engineers  fired  it.  They  proceeded  about  twenty-five  miles  and  then 
found  a  fireman  at  a  station  there  and  asked  him  to  fire  the  engine  and  he 
did  so.  The  train  proceeded  as  far  as  Hammond  and  is  there  yet.  It  was 
stopped  by  the  derail  switch  being  out  of  order  at  the  interlocking  appa- 
ratus, and  about  500  men  were  collected  there.  They  could  get  no  section 
men  to  repair  it  and  about  i  o'clock  in  the  morning  some  drunken 
people  came  along  and  let  the  water  all  out  of  the  engine  and  pulled  the 
fire  out.  Are  now  at  work  getting  the  engine  ready  and  trying  to  get  the 
track  fixed.  In  the  meantime  strikers  turned  a  car  over  on  the  crossing; 
of  our  road  and  the  Chicago  &  Erie  and  we  had  no  wrecking  train  there. 
A  detachment  of  infantry  with  fifteen  men  reported  at  Stony  Island  with 
instructions  to  remain  there  and  guard  all  trains  that  we  wanted  to  run 
between  that  point  and  the  state  line.  We  have  men  enough  in  the 
way  of  officers  and  heads  of  departments  to  go  out  and  fix  the  car  up, 
but  the  state  line  is  about  half  a  mile  this  side  of  the  car.  and  until  we 
get  some  protection  will  not  be  able  to  do  anything.  Expect  to  have 
barracks  at  Stony  Island  ready  to-morrow  and  will  then  be  ready  to  start 
new  men  as  engineers,  firemen,  conductors  and  brakemen  as  soon  as 
proper  protection  can  be  provided. 

Mich.  Cent. — Had  more  difficulty  yesterday  in  operating  than  any 
t)ther  day  since  the  strike  began.  Our  incoming  train  No.  15  was  stopped 
at  Hammond  by  a  mob  and  the  fires  drawn,  and  we  were  not  able  to  get 
a  train  out  of  there  until  early  this  morning.  Had  a  train  of  beef  stopped 
a  little  further  east  and  the  fires  drawn.  Trains  have  been  going  out  regu- 
larly this  morning,  and  we  have  been  able  to  get  all  of  our  trains  in  that 
were  behind  No.  15.    Has  been  no  interference  this  morning  at  Hammond 


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Tip  to  the  time  of  coming  to  the  meeting,  but  have  been  informed  they  in- 
tend to  make  trouble  this  afternoon.  Have  moved  what  freight  we  had  to 
move,  though  there  was  not  much  of  it. 

As  was  stated  by  the  papers,  our  special  deputy  marshal  was  attacked 
down  in  the  vicinity  of  Kensington  and  shot  two  men,  both  dend,  I  under- 
stand. Have  good  protection  around  Kensington.  Two  trains  were  pre- 
A^ented  from  going  out  yesterday  afternoon  by  the  cars  that  Mr.  Harahan 
spoke  of  at  104th  street,  where  the  mob  had  strung  them  across  the  tracks 
and  set  hre  to  them. 

I  am  advised  that  our  switchmen  at  Detroit  have  decided  to  go  out,  but 
do  not  anticipate  any  trouble  there.  Have  plenty  of  men  to  handle  the 
business. 

P.,  F.  W.  &  C. — Through  passenger  trains  ran  yesterday,  both  in  and 
out.  The  train  due  to  leave  at  3:15  and  also  the  limited  were  held  till 
10:30.  Then  got  a  detail  of  police  and  started  the  trains  out  and  removed 
the  obstructions,  since  which  time  we  have  done  our  regular  work.  Have 
quite  a  number  of  new  switchmen  at  work,  and  have  done  considerable 
freight  work  in  the  yard,  and  altogether  are  in  very  good  shape.  From 
Archer  avenue  to  55th  street,  where  the  tracks  run  parallel  with  the  C.  Sc 
W.  Ind.,  practically  no  trains  are  run  except  at  the  hour  of  the  night  when 
there  are  no  mobs.  Have  ample  protection  now.  Had  some  firemen, 
yard  engineers  and  switchmen  go  out  at  Fort  Wayne. 

P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L. — Have  two  large  yards  in  the  vicinity  of  Brighton 
Park,  one  at  39th  and  one  at  59th.  in  which  there  were  stored  about  800 
cars,  nearly  all  of  which  were  burned.  The  mob  seemed  to  have  full  sway 
in  that  vicinity,  with  absolutely  no  protection,  and  we  haven't  a  switch- 
man's shanty  or  coal  box  or  anything  at  all  that  they  could  possibly  lay 
their  hands  on,  but  what  has  been  destroyed.  They  overturned  cars  on  the 
main  track,  all  of  which  have  been  removed  by  this  time.  There  are  no 
points  on  the  Pan-Handle  outside  of  Chicago  where  they  are  having  any 
trouble. 

Wabash. — Yesterday  afternoon  about  3  o'clock  a  mob  came  to  our 
tracks  at  Halsted  street  and  proceeded  to  run  cars  from  the  side  tracks  to 
the  mam  track,  and  turned  them  over.  They  turned  over  ten  or  twelve, 
and  also  piled  timbers,  ties  and  any  other  material  they  could  get  hold  of 
on  the  track  as  obstructions,  and  tore  out  a  few  rails,  and  then  went  away. 
Got  the  tracks  clear  about  6  o'clock  this  morning.  From  3  o'clock 
yesterday  until  6  o'clock  this  morning  we  had  no  trains  in  or  out.  Since 
that  time  passenger  and  mail  trains  are  moving  as  usual.  The  yard  is 
about  a  mile  long,  and  it  will  require  a  considerable  force  to  protect  it. 

At  Decatur  and  Springfield,  where  we  have  had  considerable  trouble 
the  past  week,  everything  is  moving  in  good  shape,  but  it  is  under  the  pro- 
tection of  the   militia.      At   Ashland,    Indiana,    we    have    been    nearly 


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blocked  for  a  week,  but  understand  this  morning  that  the  marshal  is 
there  swearing  in  deputies,  and  that  he  will  be  able  to  raise  the  blockade 
there  to-day.  The  line  between  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  and  Hannibal 
and  Ouincy  is  in  much  better  shape  than  it  has  been  for  some  days,  but  is 
under  the  protection  of  the  militia  at  several  points.  Have  had  no  fires 
or  cars  burned  since  last  report. 

Wis.  Cent. — Moving  all  freight  and  passenger  trams.  Brought  in 
ninety  cars  of  ice  this  morning  and  fifty-eight  other  loads.  We  took  out 
freight  trains  yesterday.  Have  quite  a  large  number  of  loaded  cars  for 
connecting  lines,  which  are  being  held  out  in  the  country  to  keep  them  out 
of  the  city.  Fire  was  set  in  the  Central  avenue  yards  last  night,  where 
there  are  probably  a  thousand  cars.  Five  cars  were  burned  up,  but  the 
fire  department  and  hook  and  ladder  company  were  gotten  out  and 
further  damage  prevented. 

U.  S.  Y.  &  T.  Co  — The  Chairman  read  a  telegram  which  stated  that 
seven  more  box  cars  were  upset  last  night  on  the  main  track  ;  otherwise 
the  situation  is  the  same  as  reported  yesterday,  /.  e.,  nothing  being  moved. 


Order  of  Gen.  The  Chairman  read  the  following  order  from  the  Assistant   Adjutant 

General  to  Colonel  R.  E.  A.  Crofton,   commanding  United  States  troops 
at  Chicago  : 

HEADQUARTERS  DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  MISSOURI. 

Office  of  the  Department  Commander, 

Chicago,  III.,  July  7th,  1894. 
Colonel  R.  E.  A.  Crofton. 

Commanding'  U.  S.    Troops, 

Chicago,  III. 
Sir  : — The  Major  General  Commanding  directs  that  you  send  a  com- 
pany of  infantry,  fully  equipped,  with  five  day  travel  rations,  one  hundred 
rounds  of  ammunition  per  man,  and  all  the  necessary  equipment,  to  each 
of  the  following  depots,  viz.:  Illinois  Central,  one  company;  Rock 
Island,  one  company  ;  Grand  Central,  one  company  ;  Dearborn  Station,, 
two  companies  ;  Union  Depot,  two  companies  ;  Chicago  t!i:  North-West- 
ern,  one  company. 

These  troops  will  accompany,  support  and  assist,  if  necessary,  United 
States  Marshals,  in  arresting  trespassers  and  men  engaged  in  obstruction 
or  destroying  the  lines  of  communication  along  the  mail  and  inter-state 
commerce  railways. 

If  any  acts  of  hostility  are  committed  against  these  troops,  such  as  fir- 


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ing  into  the  train  or  trains,  assault  with  rocks,  pieces  of  iron,  etc..  it  will 
be  immediately  repelled  by  the  use  of  their  firearms. 

It  will  be  the  duty  of  the  U.  S.  Marshals  and  the  troops  supporting 
them,  to  keep  clear  these  lines  of  communication. 

Trains  will  be  furnished  by  the  different  railways,  consisting  of  locomo- 
tives and  sufficient  cars,  to  carry  the  U.  S.  Marshals  and  the  infantry? 
also  a  wrecking  party  for  the  removal  of  obstructions  and  repair  of  the 
tracks,  etc. 

Each  of  these  commands  will  be  under  the  control  of  the  most  expe- 
rienced and  efficient  officers,  and  it  will  be  their  duty  to  arrest  or  drive 
away  any  mobs  or  persons  in  any  way  interfering  with  these  lines  of 
communication.  They  will  report  by  telegraph  or  otherwise,  their  move- 
ments and  positions  of  their  commands. 

This  duty  will  be  continued  until  further  orders. 

In  selecting  the  companies,  you  may  utilize  any  of  the  forces  at  the 
Stock  Yards,  Blue  Island  and  51st  street,  and  companies  now  on  the  lines, 
and  also  from  your  command  at  Lake  Front  Park. 

Very  respectfully, 
(Signed)  J.  P.  MARTIN, 

Asst  Adjutant  General. 

The  members  desired  that  the  above  order  should  be  furnished  to  the 
press  and  also  copies  to  the  members,  in  order  that  the  employes  should 
know  what  was  being  done  in  the  way  of  protection,  and  permission  hav- 
ing been  obtained  from  the  military  officials,  this  was  done. 


The  matter  of  prosecutions  for  interference  with  trains,  etc.,  was  dis-    Legal  Commit- 
^  tee. 

cussed,   and  upon  motion,   duly  seconded,  the   following   resolution  was 

unanimously  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Legal  Committee  of  this  Association  be  requested  to 
notify  the  head  of  the  legal  department  of  each  railway  company  of  any 
evidence  and  the  manner  and  form  for  its  procurement,  and  such  attorney 
is  authorized  to  do  any  and  all  acts  necessary  to  secure  the  same. 

Resolved  further :  That  this  Legal  Committee  do  any  acts  their  judg- 
ments dictate,  to  secure  harmony  and  efficiency  between  the  various  legal 
and  other  departments  of  the  government,  to  secure  the  greatest  efficiency 
in  securing  the  arrest  and  punishment  of  all  violators  of  the  laws  in  the 
present  emergencies. 


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Daily  report  to  Copies  of  the  following  questions  submitted  by  General  Miles,  asking 
for  information  to  be  given  him  each  day,  were  furnished  to  the  members, 
with  the  request  that  they  report  to  Mr.  Egan  daily  by  ii  o'clock  A.  M., 
the  facts  which  would  enable  him  to  make  the  proper  report  to  General 
Miles: 

REPORT 
From  lo  A.  M.,  July  ,  1894,  to  10  A.  M.,  July  ,  1894,  (24  hours). 

Number  of  roads  centering  at  Chicago,  running  freight,  passenger  and 
mail  trains. 

Number  running  mail  and  passenger  trains. 

Number  running  diminished  number  of  mail  and  passenger  trains. 

Number  of  tracks  that  have  been  molested. 

Number  of  cars  overturned  or  destroyed. 

Number  of  cars  or  locomotives  burned  or  wrecked. 

Number  of  buildmgs  burned. 

Number  of  trains  stoned  or  fired  upon. 

Number  of  men  killed  or  injured. 

Number  of  employes  killed  or  injured,  and  any  other  information  in 
brief. 

Committee  on  After  discussion  of  the  matter  of  disposition  of  the  military  forces,  and 

Distribution 

of  Forces.  the  desirability  of  the  various  forces  acting  unitedly,  and  of  avoiding  re- 
quests for  protection  at  points  where  it  was  not  necessary,  the  following 
resolution  was  unanimously  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed  by  the  Chairman,  of 
which  committee  Mr.  John  M.  Egan  shall  be  chairman,  to  confer  with  the 
proper  authorities  as  to  the  points  that  absolutely  need  protection,  and  re- 
quest it  for  those  points. 

The  Chairman  appointed  to  act  with  Mr.  Egan  on  said  committee, 
Messrs  Marvin  Hughitt  and  T.  B.  Blackstone. 


The  meeting  adjourned  to  1 1  o'clock  the  next  day, 

E.  ST.  JOHN, 
Chas.  p.  Dawley,  Chairman. 

Secretary. 


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GENERAL  MANAGERS'  ASSOCIATION. 


MINUTES  OF  SPECIAL  MEETING. 


Chicago,  July  8,  1894. 

MINUTES  of  a  Special  Meeting  held  at  732  Rookery  Building, 
Chicago,  Sunday,  July  8,  1894,  at  11  o'clock  A.  M.,  pursuant  to 
adjournment  from  the  previous  day.  Mr.  St.  John,  Chairman,  presid- 
ing.    Present  : 


A.,  T.  &S.  F.,       - 

B.  &  O.       - 
■Chi.  &  Alton, 
•Chi.  &  B.  I., 

•Chi.  &  Erie, 

•C.  &  E.  111.,      - 

C.  &G.  T.,     - 

•C.  &N.-W.,       - 

C,  B.  &  O., 
•C.,  M.  &  St.  P.,  - 
•C.,  R.  I.  &  P., 
■Chi.  Gt.  Western, 
■C.  &  N.  P.,      - 

111.  Central, 

L.,  N.  A.  &C., 
L.  S.  &  M.  S.,     - 
P.,  F.  W.  &  C,       - 
P.,C.,  C.  &  St.  L., 
~Wis.  Central,  - 
IFor  the  Committees. 


D.  B.  Robinson,  ist  Vice-Prest. 
R.  B.  Campbell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

C,  H.  Chappell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

W.  G.  Brimson,  p.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 
(  A.  M.  Tucker,  Gen.  Mgr. 
1  J.  C.  MooRHEAD,  Gen.  Supt. 

H.  H.  Porter,  Chairman. 

O.  S.  Lyford,  Vice-Prest. 

W.  H.  Lyford,  Attorney. 

W.  G.  Spicer,  Gen.  Mgr. 

J.  M.  Whitman,  Gen.  Mgr. 

W.  H.  Newman,  3d  Vice-Prest. 

L.  W.  Bowers.  Gen.  Counsel. 

W.  F.  Merrill,  Gen.  Mgr. 

A.  J.  Earling,  Gen.  Mgr. 

E.  St.  John,  Gen.  Mgr. 

A.  J.  Kelly,  Supt. 

S.  R.  Ainslie,  Gen.  Mgr. 
Stuyvesant  Fish,  President. 
J.  T.  Harahan,  2d  Vice-Prest. 

B.  E.  Taylor,  Chief  Clerk  to  Gen.  Mgr. 
P.  P.  Wright,  Asst.  Gen.  Mgr. 
Chas.  Watts,  Gen.  Supt. 

Chas.  Watts,  Gen.  Supt. 

By  Mr.  Ainslie,  of  the  C.  &  N.  P. 

J,  M.  Egan. 


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The  Chairman  reported  the  number  of  men  furnished  to  the  different 
railroads  yesterday,  and  the  number  on  hand. 

The  roll  was  called,  and  the  following  statements  made : 

A.,  T.  &  S.  F. — Situation  continues  to  improve.  The  entire  system  is 
now  open  for  both  freight  and  passenger,  with  the  exception  of  Grand 
Junction,  and  expect  to  have  U.  S.  troops  there  this  morning.  Are  mov- 
ing freights  on  all  freight  divisions,  in  both  directions— in  New  Mexico 
with  entirely  new  crews,  and  also  in  some  parts  of  Colorado 

B.  &  O.  R.  R. — In  much  better  shape  this  morning,  and  able  to  move 
both  freight  and  passenger  trains.  Sent  out  of  South  Chicago  yesterday 
afternoon  a  mixed  train  of  express  matter  and  freight  at  4  o'clock.  This- 
was  guarded  as  far  as  the  state  line  by  the  police  and  deputy  marshals. 
Consolidated  all  our  trains  into  one  large  train  out  of  here  at  4:50  last  even- 
ing, and  it  went  under  protection  of  the  police  and  deputy  marshals  to 
South  Chicago.  Brought  into  the  city  three  trains  under  protection.  Will 
run  five  or  six  freight  trains  out  of  South  Chicago  to-day. 

Cal.  &  Blue  Island. — Situation  unchanged.  Making  no  efforts  to 
run  trains.     Have  one  crew  engaged  in  switching  at  South  Chicago. 

Chi.  &  Alton. — Situation  very  much  improved  in  the  last  twenty-four 
hours.  Trains  all  day  yesterday  and  during  the  night  moved  without  in- 
terruption. Handled  quite  a  number  of  freight  trains  yesterday  over  the 
entire  line,  and  feel  that  we  are  in  position  to  open  up  with  our  normal 
business  to-morrow. 

Chicago  &  Erie — Ran  two  passenger  trains  out  of  the  city  and  re- 
ceived two.  Made  no  efforts  to  run  any  more  trains  during  the  day  yes- 
terday. 

C.  &  E.  111. — Situation  very  much  improved.  Yesterday  ran  all 
through  trains  on  time  with  the  exception  of  one  night  train.  Put  on  two 
suburban  trains  yesterday,  and  started  two  freight  trains,  one  from  Dan- 
ville and  one  from  Chicago.     Everything  seems  to  be  quiet. 

C.  &  G.  T. — Everything  quiet  on  all  our  lines.  Had  a  conflict  yester- 
day, as  you  all  know,  that  stopped  our  operations  for  the  night— were  not 
able  to  send  out  any  night  trains,  but  we  shall  get  trains  out  to-day  as 
usual.  Our  enginemen  are  all  anxious  to  get  back  and  are  reporting  for 
duty,  and  we  are  making  the  old  men  act  as  pilots  for  new  men. 

The  encounter  referred  to  by  Mr.  Spicer,  condensed  from  a  newspaper 
report,  is  as  follows  : 

About  3  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  of  the  7th,  a  wrecking  train  was  at 
work  at  the  corner  of  49th  and  Loomis  streets,  clearing  the  track  of  over- 


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turned  cars  and  other  obstructions.  It  was  under  guard  of  Company  C, 
Second  Regiment,  I.  N,  G.,  armed  with  revolvers  and  regulation  Spring- 
field rifles,  numbering  about  forty  men.  There  were  also  a  number  of 
policemen  with  the  train.  While  the  train  was  at  work  the  crowd  of 
strikers  and  onlookers  continually  increased  in  numbers,  and  as  the  clear- 
ing of  the  track  was  nearly  completed  the  crowd,  worked  to  the  highest 
pitch  of  excitement,  began  hurling  rocks  at  the  policemen  and  soldiers. 
Several  of  the  police  officers  and  militia  had  been  struck,  and  the  order 
was  at  last  given  to  return  the  fire  at  the  next  serious  volley  of  stones.  It 
was  not  long  coming.  The  engine  and  wrecking  car  were  moved  slowly 
west  along  the  track,  when  a  crowd  was  seen  collected  at  a  crossing 
where  a  car  had  been  fired  and  another  derailed  a  short  time  before.  The 
engine  was  stopped  and  preparations  made  toward  putting  the  derailed 
box  car  on  the  track.  Several  stones  and  sticks  were  thrown,  but  they  fell 
short.  Then  a  missile  struck  the  cab  of  the  engine,  and,  rebounding, 
struck  a  policeman.  He  fired  instantly  point  blank  at  the  mob.  The 
rioters  broke  and  ran  to  the  cover  of  the  sheds  and  stables  in  the  alley  be- 
tween Loomis  and  Bishop  streets.  The  next  instant  a  shot  came  from 
one  of  the  sheds  and  with  it  a  shower  of  stones.  The  police  answered 
with  shots,  which  were  returned  by  the  rioters  in  ambush.  .  Capt.  Mair, 
in  command  of  the  militia,  formed  his  men  and  withstood  the  attack  in 
silence.  Suddenly  one  of  the  rocks  struck  Lieut.  Harry  Reed  and  made 
a  wound  in  his  temple.  The  command  was  given  to  fire,  and  the  first 
volley  fired  into  the  Debs  insurrection  rang  out.  A  fierce  yell  went  up 
from  the  infuriated  mob.  Nothing  but  a  second  and  third  volley 
promptly  fired  saved  the  little  band  of  soldiers  from  total  annihilation. 
The  police  emptied  their  revolvers  and  reloaded.  The  command  to 
charge  was  given.  At  that  time  bayonets  only  were  used.  Repeatedly 
the  soldiers  charged  north  on  Loomis  street  and  east  on  49th.  The  rioters 
gave  ground  slowly.  Stones  and  clubs  were  freely  used.  Meanwhile,  the 
engineer  was  attacked  by  a  mob  that  came  from  the  south  on  Loomis 
street,  and  was  obliged  to  move  his  train  westward.  The  troops  followed 
the  train  up  and  boarded  it,  and  returned  to  Dearborn  station.  The 
policemen  were  left  on  the  ground,  and  fought  with  the  mob  until  rein- 
forcements of  police  and  two  companies  of  militia  arrived  on  the  ground. 
Two  were  known  to  have  been  killed,  and  thirty  wounded.  Most  of  the 
injured  were  taken  away  by  the  mob,  and  there  was  no  means  of  ascer- 
taining the  number. 

C.  &  N.-W. — Moved  all  passenger  trains  yesterday  as  usual,  and  han- 
dled all  freight  trains  that  we  had  loads  for,  out  of  Chicago.  Did  not  bring 
anything  in.     Took  out  1,500  loads.     Had  a  car  set  on  fire  in  the  works  of 


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the  Griffin  Wheel  Co.,  at  Sacramento  avenue,  and  one  car  in  East  Chi- 
cago yard  near  State  street. 

C,  B.  Si  O. — Nothing  special  to  report  this  morning.  All  passenger 
trains  moved  in  the  last  twenty-four  hours  practically  on  time.  There  are 
three  companies  of  the  Seventh  Regiment  at  Western  avenue,  and  every- 
thmg  was  quiet  about  there  to-day.  Two  suburban  passenger  trains  were 
stoned  this  morning  between  8  and  9  o'clock. 

C.  &  W.  Ind. — Fearing  that  our  tracks  might  have  been  tampered 
with  during  the  night,  the  troops  were  started  from  Fort  Dearborn  station 
at  4  o'clock  this  morning  to  see  if  everything  was  in  order  for  movement 
of  trains.  As  the  train  carrying  the  soldiers,  consisting  of  an  engine  and 
two  coaches,  was  passing  a  sharp  curve  north  of  112th  street,  a  rail  had 
been  taken  out  and  the  engine  of  the  train  was  run  off  the  track.  The 
cars  were  not  derailed  and  no  one  was  hurt.  Nothing  else  of  importance 
occurred  on  the  line  during  the  night. 

C,  M.  &  St.  p. — Everything  quiet.  Passenger  trains  running  regu- 
larly on  all  divisions  of  the  road;  also  running  freight  trains  everywhere 
except  in  and  out  of  Chicago. 

C,  R.  I.  &  P. — There  has  nothing  occurred  upon  the  Rock  Island 
during  the  night.  Everything  is  quiet,  and  through  passenger  trains  are 
being  moved  this  morning  without  interference. 

Chi.  Great  Western. — Situation  unchanged.  Moving  all  passenger 
trains  and  sufficient  freight  trains  to  move  all  freight  that  we  have  to 
move.  No  one  was  seriously  injured  in  the  derailing  of  the  train  reported 
yesterday  near  Maywood. 

C.  &  N.  P.— -Running  all  right  this  morning.  Succeeded  in  clearing 
the  tracks  running  to  Blue  Island  yesterday.  The  Calumet  Terminal  had 
nine  cars  overturned  on  the  tracks  in  Hammond  last  night,  blocking  the 
tracks  which  are  used  by  the  Wabash  road,  and  blocking  their  trains  in 
consequence. 

III.  Cent. — Have  the  tracks  cleared,  and  all  trains  moving  practically 
on  time.  Suburban  trains  running  only  to  Grand  Crossing.  Moved  some 
freight  in  and  out,  both  west  and  south.  The  engineer  on  the  Freeport 
Division  train  No.  3  was  shot  at  just  east  of  State  street  last  night.  The 
bullet  broke  the  window  in  the  cab  and  passed  through  the  engineer's  cap. 
About  the  same  time  a  stone  was  thrown  at  the  first  passenger  car.  Offi- 
cers on  the  train  could  not  detect  the  parties  firing  the  shot  or  throwing 
the  stone.  That  is  the  only  disturbance  during  the  past  twenty-four  hours 
on  the  Illinois  Central.  Are  moving  freight  everywhere  freely  outside  of 
Chicago. 

L.,  N.  A.  &  C— The  Chairman  read  a  memorandum  from  Mr.  McDoel 
reporting  that  five  companies  of  militia  were  ordered  to  Hammond,  Ind- 
iana, from  the  northern  part  of  the  state,   early  this  morning,  and  some 


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were  expected  to  reach  there  by  lo  o'clock;  that  the  militia  would  be 
sworn  in  as  United  States  deputy  marshals,  which  would  permit  their 
crossing  the  state  line. 

No.  3  night  train  was  stopped  at  Hammond  and  three  sleepers  cut  off, 
the  windows  knocked  out  and  an  attempt  made  to  burn  them ;  also  the 
station  building.  The  hre  was  extinguished  by  the  fire  department.  The 
train  men  were  forced  out  of  town  with  the  balance  of  the  train.  No.  5 
day  mail  stopped  this  morning  and  the  engine  killed.  Nos  6,  36  and  40 
being  held  at  the  first  station  south  of  Hammond  until  protection  can  be 
had  at  that  point. 

L.  S.  &  M.  S. — Reported  in  good  condition  ;  operating  all  the  passenger 
trains  in  and  out  on  schedule  time,  and  moving  freights.  Are  switching 
in  the  yards  at  43d  street.  Have  had  no  interference  since  Friday  noon, 
at  which  time  the  obstructions  were  cleared  from  the  track.  Have  been 
working  since  that  time  under  protection,  and  there  have  been  no  crowds 
of  strikers  about  our  line.  Have  brought  in  some  freights  and  sent  out 
some,  and  are  handling  freight  in  the  yards. 

Mich.  Cent. — The  last  train  that  went  out  and  passed  Hammond  left 
Chicago  at  3:30  yesterday  afternoon.  About  8:20  last  evening  the  mob 
stopped  two  freight  trains  passing  that  point,  drew  the  fires  from  the 
engines,  beat  the  fireman  and  engineer  and  trainmen,  and  left  the  train 
standing  on  the  track.  During  the  night  two  engines  were  sent  with  a 
company  of  militia  to  Hammond  and  brought  these  trains  back  to  Ken- 
sington. The  trains  were  again  started  east,  but  the  mob,  having  dis- 
covered that  the  trains  had  been  taken  away  in  the  night,  overturned  box 
cars  on  the  main  track,  and  that  was  the  condition  of  the  tracks  when  the 
trains  again  arrived  at  Hammond.  First  report  was  that  the  signal-tower 
engineer  was  killed,  but  that  was  found  to  be  untrue,  although  he  is  very 
badly  injured.  The  company  has  been  warned  not  to  move  any  more 
trains,  and  were  given  indirectly  to  understand  that  they  intended  to  fire 
the  station  house  and  the  railroad  buildings  at  that  point  to-night. 

U.  S.  Y.  &  T.  Co. — Three  more  box  cars  were  turned  over  last  night. 
This  morning  between  3  and  5 :30  we  returned  to  different  packers  for 
re-icing  55  cars  of  fresh  meat  which  had  been  delivered  to  connecting 
lines  last  Sunday.  Otherwise  the  situation  in  the  railroad  department  the 
same  as  last  night.  Fire  started  in  our  hay  barns,  and  one  barn  of  hay 
damaged,  but  prevented  it  from  spreading.  These  are  brick  barns  with 
fire  walls  and  iron  roofs  and  iron  doors.  No  engine  had  passed  for  24 
hours  previously.     Evidently  it  was  the  work  of  incendiaries. 

Wis.  Cent. — All  freight  and  passenger  trains  moving  regularly.  Did 
not  bring  any  freight  trains  into  Chicago  yesterday.  Took  400  loads  out 
of  here,  cleaning  out  the  yard. 

P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L. — Report  just  received  that  the  last  car  was  gotten 


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off  the  main  track,  and  the  road  is  practically  now  open.  Have  brought 
in  one  or  two  trains.  The  report  of  the  fires  for  Friday  night  (the  6th) 
show  634  cars  burned,  94  of  which  were  loaded  cars.  There  were  two  or 
three  fires  started  last  night,  but  they  were  all  put  out.  The  wrecking 
car  came  to  Twenty-second  street  yesterday  afternoon.  They  had  some 
difficulty  with  the  crowd,  and  the  troops  that  accompanied  the  train  shot 
into  the  mob  and  one  man  was  killed  and  several  injured.  There  were 
some  deputies  and  police  officers  who  also  fired. 

P.,  F.  W.  &  C. — In  very  good  shape  this  morning.     Passenger  trains 
all  on  time. 


Xegal  Commit-  Mr.  Bowers,  as  Chairman  of  the  Legal  Committee  of  seven,  reported 
that  the  instructions  contained  in  the  resolution  of  yesterday  had  been  sent 
to  the  legal  departments  of  the  various  roads. 


The  Chairman  called  the  attention  of  the  members  to  the  fact  that 
many  of  the  roads  were  not  sending  a  daily  report  to  the  Bureau  of  Infor- 
mation, showing  the  condition  of  affairs,  and  requested  that  they  be  more 
prompt.  After  the  adjournment  the  following  circular  was  sent  to  each 
member : 

Chicago,  July  8th,  1894. 
To  ALL  Managers  : 

On  June  29th,  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Information,  which  is  our 
Press  Bureau,  sent  out  a  circular  to  each  of  the  Imes,  reading  as  follows  : 

"  Chicago,  June  29th,  1894. 
"  Dear  Sir  :  In  order  to  secure  the  publication  of  accurate  informa- 
tion regarding  existing  railroad  troubles,  it  is  requested  that  every  railroad 
send  a  full  report  of  its  condition  to  the  Bureau  of  Information,  General 
Managers'  Association,  721  Rookery  Building,  twice  each  day,  at  11  A.  M, 
and  5  p.  M.  These  reports  should  be  in  full  and  promptly  delivered,  as  it 
is  important  that  the  newspapers  should  be  supplied  with  full  and  accurate 
information.  In  case  of  sudden  or  startling  developments  of  any  kind, 
please  supplement  the  regular  reports  by  special  reports  or  bulletins," 
etc.,  etc. 

This  matter,  you  will  remember,  was  brought  to  your  attention  on  that 
date  and  again  this  morning,  and  the  statement  was  made  that  very  few 
were  sending  these  reports,  and  that  it  was  considered  important  that  it 


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should  receive  attention.  Mr.  Egan,  our  manager,  states  that  he  has  re- 
ceived no  reports  from  any  line  since  July  2d,  the  third  day  after  this 
understanding  was  had  by  the  Association,  with  one  or  two  exceptions, 
and  he  would  prefer  that  such  reports  should  be  sent  direct  to  Mr.  Ward, 
at  his  room,  721  Rookery  Building,  as  his  office  is  so  busy  with  other  mat- 
ters that  if  they  should  be  sent  to  him,  they  might  become  mislaid  and 
neglected. 

It  was  also  the  understanding  of  the  Association  at  its  meetmg  on  June 
29th,  that  reporters  coming  to  our  general  offices  should  be  referred  to  our 
Press  Bureau  for  all  information. 

Will  you  kindly  give  such  instructions  as  will  bring  this  about.  If  there 
is  no  news  to  report,  send  a  note  to  that  effect,  that  all  lines  may  be  repre- 
sented. 

By  order  of  the  Chairman, 

Chas.  p.  Dawley, 

Secretary. 


The  Chairman  announced  that  at  the  request  of  several  of  the  mem-    Telegram  to 
bers  whose  lines  passed  through  Indiana,  he  had  sent  the  following  mes-      Indiana, 
sage  to  the  Governor  of  that  state : 


TELEGRAM  TO  GOVERNOR  MATTHEWS. 

Chicago,  July  8th,  1894. 

To  His  Excellency  Governor  Matthews,  Indianapolis,  Indiana  : 

In  behalf  of  the  railroad  lines  members  of  the  Association,  and  pass- 
ing through  Hammond,  Indiana,  as  well  as  the  state,  we  request  that 
adequate  protection  to  their  trains  shall  at  once  be  given  by  forwarding  to 
points  affected,  and  especially  to  Hammond,  Indiana,  troops  in  sufficient 
numbers  to  insure  the  passage  of  all  trams  without  interference  by  mobs 
of  strikers  assembled  at  that  point.  The  trains  are  detained  at  Ham- 
mond this  morning,  rails  have  been  taken  from  the  tracks  and  engines 
have  been  derailed,  and  no  trains  have  passed  Hammond  since  last  even- 
ing on  account  of  the  action  of  rioters.     Please  advise. 


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REPLY. 

(Telegram.) 

Indianapolis,  Ind.,  July  8,  1894, 
E.  St.  John,  Chairman. 

State  troops  ordered  to  Hammond  in  adequate  force. 

Claude  Matthews, 

Governor. 

The  meeting  then  adjourned  to  11  o'clock  the  following  day. 

E.  ST.  JOHN, 
Chas.  p.  Dawley,  Chairman^ 

Secretary. 


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GENERAL  MANAGERS'  ASSOCIATION. 


MINUTES  OF  SPECIAL  MEETING. 

Chicago,  July  9,  1894. 

MINUTES  of  a  Special  Meeting  held  at  732  Rookery  Building, 
Chicago.  Monday,  July  9,  1894,  at  11  o'clock  A.  M.,  pursuant  to 
adjournment  from  the  previous  day.  Mr.  ST.  John,  Chairman,  pre- 
siding.    Present : 


A.,T.  &  S.  F.,    - 

B.  &  O.,  -        - 
Chi.  &  Alton,      - 
Chi.  &  B.  I.,  - 

Chi.  &  Erie, 

C.  &  E.  111.,     - 

C.  &  G.  T., 

C.  &  N.-W.,   - 
C,  M.  &  St.  P.,  - 
C,  R.  I.  &  P., 
Chi.  Gt.  Western, 
C.  &  N.  P.,     - 

111.  Central, 

L.,  N.  A.  &C.,       - 
L.  S.  &  M.  S.,      . 
Mich.  Cent.,   - 

P.,  F.  W.  &C., 

P.,C.,  C.  &  St.  L., 

Wis.  Cent.,     - 

For  the  Committees, 


D.  B.  Robinson,  ist  Vice-Prest. 
R.  B.  Campbell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

C.  H.  Chappell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

W.  G.  Brimson,  Prest.  &  Gen.  Mgr. 
j  A.  M.  Tucker,  Gen.  Mgr. 
(  J.  C.  Moorhead,  Gen.  Supt, 
(  H.  H.  Porter,  Chairman. 
(  O.  H.  Lyford,  Vice-Prest. 
j  W.  G.  Spicer,  Gen.  Mgr. 
(  A.  B.  Atwater,  Gen.  Supt. 

J.  M.  Whitman,  Gen.  Mgr. 

A.  J.  Earling,  Gen.  Mgr. 

E.  St.  John,  Gen.  Mgr. 
C.  Shields,  Gen.  Supt. 

•     S.  R.  AiNSLlE,  Gen.  Mgr. 
\  Stuyvesant  Fish,  President. 
(  J.  T.  Harahan,  2nd  Vice-Prest. 

W.  H.  McDOEL,  Gen.  Mgr. 

P.  P.  Wright,  Asst.  Gen.  Mgr. 

ROBT.  Miller,  Gen.  Supt. 
(  Jos.  Wood,  Gen.  Mgr. 
I  Chas.  Watts,  Gen.  Supt. 

Jos.  Wood,  Gen.  Mgr. 

Mr.  Ainslie,  of  the  C.  &  N.  P. 

J.  M.  Egan. 


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The  Chairman  read  the  following  communication  from  the  United  States 
District  Attorney  : 

"  July  9th,  1894. 
"  Sir:  In  the  cases  which  may  come  before  the  Grand  Jury,  and  in  the 
preparation  of  indictments,  it  is  necessary  that  you  should  report  as  quickly 
as  possible  to  this  office,  the  name  of  each  and  every  person  who  has 
placed  obstructions  upon  your  tracks  or  committed  other  depredations 
upon  your  property,  with  a  brief  statement  of  the  particular  act  com- 
mitted, and  the  names  of  the  persons  by  whom  the  proofs  can  be  made. 
You  should  also  report  as  soon  as  possible  the  names  of  any  persons  who 
have  recommended  or  encouraged  your  employes  to  leave  your  service ; 
also  that  you  report  and  give  me  the  names  of  any  of  your  employes  who 
have  been  intimidated  or  prevented  directly  from  discharging  their  duties, 
as  employes,  upon  a  mail  tram,  or  a  train  carrying  interstate  commerce, 
together  with  the  names  of  the  persons  so  intimidatmg  them,  orpreventmg 
them  from  performing  such  duty,  and,  in  a  word,  sending  us  in  detail  all 
the  facts  and  circumstances  connected  with  the  violators  of  the  law. 
"  Very  respectfully, 

"  THOMAS  E.  MILCHRIST, 

'*  United  States  Attorney.'" 

Copies  of  the  foregoing  were  furnished  to  each  member. 


The  Chairman  read  a  letter  from  Hon.  Eugene  G.  Hay,  of  Minne- 
apolis, and  the  Association  requested  that  it  be  printed  in  circular  form 
for  general  distribution,  which  was  done. 

Mr.  Spicer  read  an  editorial  from  The  Outlook,  of  New  York,  July  7th, 
1894,  on  the  "  Real  Issue  of  the  Strike,"  and  also  an  article  from  the  Wall 
Street  News,  July  2d,  1894,  entitled  "  Industrial  Bandits,"  which  were  also 
directed  to  be  printed  in  circular  form. 

The  Chairman  was  instructed  to  have  printed  any  other  articles  bear- 
ing upon  the  present  situation  which  he  might  deem  proper,  for  the 
purpose  of  general  circulation. 


The  roll   was  then   called  for  statements  of   the  situation,   resulting 
as  follows: 


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A.,  T.  &  S.  F. — No  change  in  the  situation.  Grand  Junction  was 
-opened  last  night  without  the  aid  of  troops.  Are  running  freight  and  pas- 
senger trains  all  over  the  system. 

B.  &  O.R.  R. — Situation  this  morning  is  very  much  improved,  even  over 
yesterday.  Are  running  all  of  our  trains  pretty  close  to  time.  Meeting  with 
some  delays  in  getting  the  troops  around,  in  consequence  of  only  having  a 
small  number  of  troops,  and  they  cannot  very  well  be  divided.  The  engine 
of  a  merchandise  train  was  derailed  last  night  through  some  carelessness 
of  the  men  on  the  engine.  The  engine  was  got  on  the  track  with  an  hour 
and  a  half  delay,  and  the  train  went  on  through  without  interruption. 
Train  No.  7  found  a  tie  in  the  cattle  guard  two  miles  east  of  Milford  Junc- 
tion, Indiana.  The  train  struck  it  but  there  was  no  serious  damage  done. 
Are  having  the  track  patrolled  all  the  way  through,  both  night  and  day. 
The  train  arriving  here  last  night  at  10:35,  was  stoned  near  Commercial 
avenue,  South  Chicago.  One  of  the  deputy  marshals  shot  into  the  people, 
and  they  disappeared  very  suddenly.  Not  known  whether  any  one  was  hit 
or  not. 

Chicago  &  Alton. — Passenger  trains  yesterday  and  last  night  all 
passed  over  the  road  practically  on  time,  without  interruption  anywhere, 
and  are  all  running  this  morning.  .Started  freight  trains  yesterday  all  over 
the  road,  and  are  handling  them  successfully,  and  started  our  full  com- 
plement of  way  freights  and  other  freight  business  to-day. 

C,  B.  &  Q. — Three  switch  and  tower  houses  partially  destroyed  by  fire 
last  night,  and  a  small  amount  of  fence  burned.  One  passenger  train  was 
stoned.     Trains  moving  all  right. 

Cal.  &  B.  I.— Situation  practically  unchanged.  Are  seeking  to  run  no 
trains. 

Chi.  &  Erie. —  No  trains  run  in  or  out  of  Chicago  during  the  last 
twenty-four  hours,  owing  to  the  mob  being  in  possession  of  tracks  at  Ham- 
mond, blocking  the  Michigan  Central  crossing  over  the  Chicago  &.  Erie. 
All  passenger  and  mail  trains  moving  promptly  between  Hammond  and 
New  York.  Regular  passenger  and  mail  service  will  be  resumed  to-day. 
Expect  to  resume  running  freight  trains  to-morrow.  At  Dayton  the  Chi- 
cago &  Erie  and  Pan  Handle  men  are  at  work,  and  all  other  men  are  on 
a  strike.  Have  not  yet  commenced  work  at  51st  street  yard,  on  account 
of  not  having  received  protection  there. 

Chi.  &  E.  III. — Situation  this  morning  very  much  as  yesterday. 
Through  passenger  trains,  with  the  exception  of  night  trains,  in  each 
direction,  have  been  running  practically  on  time  since  yesterday.  Are  re- 
suming some  suburban  trains.  Yesterday  we  brought  in  a  freight  train  of 
twenty-nine  cars  and  while  it  was  crossing  over  from  track  No.  i,  the  most 
easterly  track,  to  No.  3,  to  get  into  the  freight  yards  at  41st  street,  someone 
threw  a  switch  under  the  center  of  the  train  and  derailed  two  cars,  detain- 


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ing  us  some  two  hours.  There  was  a  company  of  soldiers  near  by,  which 
was  sent  there  immediately  and  kept  everybody  away,  and  the  train  was 
gotten  into  the  yard.  Yesterday  there  was  a  fire  started  at  Danville  in  our 
yard  and  eleven  C.  &  E.  I.  cars  and  four  Big  Four  cars  were  burned,  but 
no  other  damage  done  so  far  as  known.  This  morning  the  wires  were  sa 
badly  mixed  up  that  we  could  hardly  get  a  report  from  Danville.  One  re- 
port says  that,  with  the  exception  of  one  car  burned  this  morning,  every- 
thing was  quiet.  On  the  Brazil  line  we  are  not  running  any  trains.  Ran 
a  train  from  Brazil  to  Momence  and  back  Saturday  with  new  fireman,  and 
when  he  got  into  Brazil  they  wouldn't  give  him  anything  to  eat,  and  drove 
him  out  of  town.  Mr.  Carpenter  is  at  Brazil  now.  Are  working  one  freight 
crew  in  the  freight  yard  here  and  sorting  freight  and  bringing  it  down  to 
the  station,  unloading  freight  at  the  freight  house,  and  reloading  the  cars 
out. 

C.  &  G.  T. — Everything  quiet  and  in  good  shape  on  all  lines  outside  of 
Chicago  this  morning  ;  our  men  all  ready  for  duty.  The  principal  scene 
of  warfare  yesterday  was  at  Hammond.  The  49th  street  line  was  cleared 
of  all  obstructions  under  protection. 

C.  &  N.-W. — Continuing  to  carry  on  freight  and  passenger  service 
without  interruption.  No  disturbances  or  acts  of  violence  have  occurred 
along  the  line.  Two  or  three  freight  cars  were  set  on  fire  at  different 
points,  but  the  fires  were  extinguished  almost  as  soon  as  set,  and  no  dam- 
age resulted. 

C,  M.  &  St.  p. — Moving  passenger  and  freight  trains  on  the  entire 
system,  including  in  and  out  of  Chicago,  to-day. 

C,  R.  I.  &  P. — Have  attempted  to  move,  within  the  past  twenty-four 
hours,  two  passenger  trains  in  each  direction,  and  have  met  with  nO' 
trouble  except  at  Spring  Valley.  At  that  point  last  night  some  of  the 
rails  were  taken  out,  but  this  morning  the  wrecking  train  is  there,  and  it 
is  believed  that  to-day  we  shall  have  no  trouble  in  getting  those  trains 
through. 

Chicago  Great  Western. — The  strike  on  our  line  is  practically  a 
thing  of  the  past.  Our  freight  and  passenger  trains  are  running  as  usual, 
with  new  men  and  without  interruption.  Some  stones  thrown,  but  no 
persons  struck  by  them,  and  no  windows  broken  in  any  of  the  trains. 

C.  &  N.  P. — Had  two  cars  set  on  fire  in  Morgan  street  yard  yesterday. 
On  the  Calumet  Terminal  have  a  wrecking  crew  at  Hammond  to-day 
clearing  the  track,  under  protection. 

Illinois  Central. —  Everything  moving  all  right,  both  freight  and 
passenger;  have  the  freight  houses  open  to-day  and  are  receiving  freight 
and  expect  to  move  it.  Received  a  call  this  morning  from  Inspector  Hunt 
to  help  clean  up  the  Union  Stock  Yards  track,  and  instructed  our  derrick 
car  to  go  over  there  and  do  it.     Had  a  box  car  burned  up  last  night  at 


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Hawthorne.  Generally  we  are  in  good  shape.  Suburban  trains  still 
running  only  to  Grand  Crossing. 

L.,  N.  A.  &  C. — Are  running  all  passenger  trains  to-day,  and  have 
resumed  freight  traffic,  except  at  Chicago. 

Mr.  McDoel  said  :  Yesterday  our  morning  train  was  stopped  at  Ham- 
mond at  9:15,  and  the  engine  detached  from  the  train  and  the  water  drawn 
from  the  tank.  The  fireman  was  taken  up  town  and  locked  up  by  the 
strikers,  but  the  engineer  was  left  with  his  engine.  We  were  promised 
protection  by  the  United  States  troops,  and  thinking  it  a  pretty  good 
time  for  me  to  go  down  and  look  the  situation  over,  I  went  down  on  our 
10:15  train,  and  found  the  troops  there— two  officers  and  thirty  men. 
They  lined  up  alongside  of  the  trains,  and  I  had  the  dead  engine  coupled 
onto  her  tram,  and  the  tank  filled  up — the  rear  train  coupled  on  and 
moved  out  of  town. 

We  had  two  other  mail  trains  lying  at  Dyer  waiting  to  come  north. 
The  captain  in  command  said  he  would  wait  at  Hammond  for  us,  which 
he  did.  While  we  were  standmg  at  Hammond  we  had  been  standmg  on 
a  street  crossing  probably  five  mmutes,  and  the  city  marshal  came  up  and 
ordered  us  to  clear  that  crossing — either  to  pull  up  or  cut  a  car  off  and  push 
it  back.  I  declmed  to  permit  our  men  to  do  it,  and  he  became  boisterous, 
and  intimated  that  he  would  lock  me  up  in  some  place  they  have  for  such 
purposes.  The  captain,  who  heard  the  conversation,  advised  the  city 
marshal  that  it  was  a  United  States  mail  train  and  had  United  States 
troops.     The  marshal  replied  that  he  was  city  marshal,  and   the   captain 

very  politely  told  him  he  didn't  care  a  d n  who  he  was,  he  must  stand 

back,  and  he  hit  him  a  pretty  good  blow  in  the  stomach,  and  he  stood 
back,  and  we  went  out  without  any  further  trouble. 

In  returning  with  the  trains  from  the  south,  we  found  that  the  mob  had 
gone  to  the  south  end  of  our  yard,  about  a  mile  from  the  station,  and  run  a 
car  out  and  tipped  it  over  across  the  main  track,  which  of  course  blocked 
us.  I  sent  the  trains  back  about  half  a  mile  and  brought  the  light  engine 
up  and  removed  the  obstruction.  While  we  were  preparing  to  do  so, 
some  of  the  strikers  who  had  congregated  there,  some  fifty  in  number, 
slipped  along  and  five  or  six  of  them  mounted  the  engine  and  told  the 
engineer  he  would  live  about  a  minute  if  he  didn't  reverse  his  engine  and 
back  up,  which  he  did  very  promptly,  leaving  us  there  without  any  en- 
gine. I  started  then  to  get  some  troops.  My  chief  surgeon  volunteered 
to  go  with  me.  The  strikers,  some  of  them,  had  recognized  us,  as  they 
had  seen  me  getting  trains  out  south-bound;  but  supposing  the  troops  to 
be  at  the  station,  we  felt  pretty  brave,  and,  having  our  revolvers  with  us, 
thought  we  could  get  to  the  station.  But  imagine  our  feelings  when  we 
arrived  in  sight  of  the  station  and  did  not  see  any  troops,  but  three  or  four 
thousand  people.     I  did  not  consider  it   very  good  policy  to  face  about 


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and  go  back,  because  there  were  more  enemies  behind  than  were  known 
in  front,  and  we  proceeded. 

We  worked  out  through  the  crowd  and  started  up  the  street-car  track, 
intending  to  cross  over  to  our  state  line  station  telegraph  office.  We 
had  not  gone  more  than  a  block  before  we  were  waited  on  by  a  half  dozen 
rough-looking  specimens  of  humanity,  one  of  whom  wanted  to  know  our 
business.  Being  a  little  "  hot"  under  the  collar  and  elsewhere,  I  told  him 
I  was  attending  to  my  business  and  didn't  think  it  was  any  of  his  business 
anyway ,when  he  turned  his  attention  to  our  surgeon.  He  told  him  he 
was  a  surgeon— cuttmg  people's  legs  off,  etc.  At  that  moment  one  of  the 
fellows  stepped  up  and  says  "How  are  you,  Doctor  Davis?  "and  said 
"  Boys,  these  fellows  are  all  right.  This  doctor  waited  on  me  once." 
This  relieved  our  feelmgs  considerably,  especially  so  as  at  that  moment 
we  saw  the  train  with  the  troops  backing  up.  They  seemed  to  have  gone 
over  to  our  state  line  station  to  get  orders  of  some  kind.  We  crossed  over 
without  much  delay  and  boarded  the  train  and  proceeded  down  through 
the  yard  to  the  derailed  car  and  went  to  work. 

In  the  meantime  our  chief  engineer  and  chief  attorney,  who  were 
there,  had  been  waited  on  by  the  crowd  and  advised  to  leave,  but  they 
refused  to  go  and  were  not  attacked,  but  undoubtedly  would  have  been, 
except  for  the  timely  arrival  of  the  troops.  The  leader  of  the  gang,  who 
had  also  commenced  to  start  more  cars  out,  had  gone  off  when  he  saw  the 
troops  coming,  and  laid  down  in  the  grass,  and  at  my  request  Mr.  Hall,, 
our  chief  engineer,  took  two  troopers  and  arrested  him,  and  we  brought 
him  into  Chicago.  We  soon  had  the  track  clear,  but  before  we  had  the 
obstruction  removed  word  came  to  us  that  the  strikers  at  the  station  were 
trying  to  overturn  one  of  the  Pullman  sleepers  standing  there,  onto  the 
main  track,  thus  shutting  in  the  troops.  The  commanding  officer  im- 
mediately started  his  train,  with  four  soldiers  on  the  cow-catcher,  with  in- 
structions to  shoot  if  they  found  it  necessary  ;  the  mob  refusing  to  stop 
trying  to  tip  the  car  over,  they  shot,  killing  one  striker  and  wounding  three. 
They  remained  there  until  we  came  up  with  our  train,  when  we  came 
through  without  any  further  trouble. 

I  see  by  the  Sunday  morning  papers  it  is  stated  that  the  troops  re- 
treated before  the  mob.  That  was  not  the  case,  although  there  were  two 
or  three  thousand  and  perhaps  more ;  the  thirty  soldiers  were  equal  to  the 
occasion,  clearing  our  tracks  and  enabling  us  to  pass  trains  through 
in  both  directions.  Those  were  United  States  troops.  State  militia  ar- 
rived at  Hammond  at  about  ii  o'clock  last  night,  and  I  am  informed  by 
the  United  States  Marshal  that  they  are  able  to  command  the  situation 
and  take  trains  through.  I  do  not  apprehend  any  difficulty  at  that  point 
so  long  as  they  keep  the  soldiers  there,  but  it  is  a  very  dangerous  place 
indeed,  and  I  do  not  think  we  would  have  gotten  out  of  there,  perhaps,  if 


I  had  not  been  present,  as  the  train  men  were  somewhat  demoralized. 
I  went  for  that  reason  more  than  any  other.  Our  engineers  claimed  that 
they  were  in  real  danger  of  their  lives  in  going  through  Hammond ;  they 
were  advised  every  time  they  went  that  if  they  came  back  again  they 
would  be  killed,  and  I  went  to  find  out  the  real  facts. 

This  morning  our  car  repairers  here  came  to  the  general  office  and 
stated  that  they  were  not  only  intimidated  in  the  yard,  but  strikers  had 
gone  to  their  houses  and  informed  them  that  if  they  did  not  quit  work 
their  families  would  be  injured  and  houses  blown  up,  etc.  They  said 
if  we  would  have  them  sworn  in  as  deputy  United  States  marshals,  they 
would  protect  themselves  and  their  families,  and  we  have  done  so. 

Had  our  wires  cut  in  two  places  last  night — one  place  between  Monon 
and  Michigan  City,  and  one  between  Hammond  and  Monon.  Night  be- 
fore last  we  had  a  rail  taken  out  of  the  main  track  south  of  Hammond. 

L,  S.  &  M.  S. — Nothing  new  to  report.  Commenced  this  morning  to 
run  suburban  trains.  Have  had  no  interference.  At  Toledo  our  switch- 
men went  out  this  morning — about  70  or  80. 

Mich.  Central. — The  Michigan  Central  was  in  pretty  deep  water 
yesterday.  At  the  time  Mr.  McDoel  was  having  his  trouble,  our  main 
tracks  were  blocked  with  cars,  and  we  were  the  special  objects  of  their 
wrath.  Finally  General  Miles  sent  another  detachment  of  regulars  to 
Hammond  over  our  road.  It  didn't  take  them  long  after  they  got  there 
to  clear  out  the  mob.  Had  a  wrecking  train  on  each  side  of  Hammond 
only  a  station  away,  so  that  as  soon  as  they  could  get  there  we  very  soon 
cleared  the  obstructions,  and  our  delayed  trains  were  started;  had  four 
delayed  trains  each  way,  and  as  soon  as  those  cars  were  rolled  away,  they 
went  forward  in  both  directions;  have  been  getting  trains  into  shape  as 
fast  as  possible,  and  are  starting  out  all  regular  trains  this  morning,  and 
are  also  moving  freight.  Moved  a  train  load  of  dairy  freight  that  had 
been  held  two  or  three  days,  and  also  some  merchandise  trains.  The  mob 
has  threatened  and  beaten  our  engineers  so  that  they  are  afraid  to  go 
through  Hammond,  and  will  not  without  ample  protection. 

The  switchmen  heretofore  reported  as  deciding  to  go  out  at  Detroit 
have  returned  to  work  again  this  morning.  There  is  no  trouble  there  and 
the  other  parts  of  the  road  are  all  right  if  we  can  get  through   Hammond. 

N.  Y.,  C.  ci:  St.  L.— No  trains  were  moved  at  all  by  that  Company 
yesterday. 

P.,  F.  W.  &  C— Passenger  trains  are  all  running  on  the  Fort  Wayne 
road  about  on  time,  without  any  molestation,  excepting  the  limited  last 
night  was  both  stoned  and  fired  into  about  35th  street.  Have  six  switch 
crews  and  are  doing  the  regular  business  as  usual.  Yesterday  the  draw  tender 
was  driven  from  the  bridge  at  West  Hammond.  The  draw  was  left  open 
and  the  men  on  the  patrol  train  had  to  swim  the  river  to  get  the  draw 


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closed.  Yesterday  four  or  five  sticks  of  dynamite  were  picked  up  near 
55th  street  engine  house. 

P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L. — Trains  are  all  running  this  morning.  Started 
some  freights  out  and  some  are  coming  in.  Men  are  working  at  Dayton 
and  also  at  Toledo. 

U,  S.  Y.  &  T.  Co. — Message  received  saying  work  was  commenced 
this  morning  clearing  and  repairing  the  tracks. 

Wis.  Cent. — Moving  freight  and  passenger  trains  without  interruption. 


A  meeting  of  about  400  representatives  of  various  labor  organizations 
with  officers  of  the  A.  R.  U.,  was  reported,  lasting  nearly  all  night,  and 
reaching  no  conclusion.  Reports  show  that  strikers  are  desirous  of  giving 
up-  

The  meeting  adjourned  to  11  o'clock  the  following  day. 

E.  ST.  JOHN, 
Chas.  p.  Dawley,  Chairman. 

Secretary. 


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GENERAL  MANAGERS"  ASSOCIATION. 


MINUTES  OF  SPECIAL  MEETING. 

July  lo,  1^94. 

MINUTES  of  a  special  meeting  held  at  732  Rookery  Building,  Chi- 
cago, Tuesday,  July  10,  1894,  at  11  o'clock  A.  M.,  pursuant  to  ad- 
journment from  the  previous  day.  Mr.  St.  John,  Chairman,  presiding. 
Present : 


A.,  T.  &  S.  F., 

B.  &  O..       - 
Cal.  &  B.  I.,    - 
'Chi.  &  Alton, 
Chi.  &  Erie, 

■C.  &  E.  Ill, 

C.  &  G.  T.,      - 

C.  &  N.-W., 

C,  B.  &  Q.,     - 
C,  M.  &  St.  P., 

C,  R.  I.  &  P., 

Chi.  Gt.  Western, 
C.  &N.P.,      - 

111.  Central, 

L.,  N.  A.  &  C, 
L.  S.  &  M.  S.,    - 
Mich.  Central, 
N.  Y.,C.  &  St.  L., 
P.,  Ft.  W.  &  C,       - 
P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L., 
Wis.  Central,    - 
Wabash  R.  R.,     - 
For  the  Committees, 


D.  B.  Robinson,  ist  \'ice-Prest. 

R.  B.  Campbell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

W.  G.  Brimson,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

C.  H.  Chappell.  Gen.  Mgr. 

A.  M.  Tucker,  Gen.  Mgr. 
\  H.  H.  Porter,  Chairman. 
'  M.  J.  Carpenter,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

W.  G.  Spicer,  Gen.  Mgr. 
i  J.  M.  Whitman,  Gen.  Mgr. 
'  L.  W.  Bowers,  Gen.  Counsel. 

W.  F.  Merrill,  Gen.  Mgr. 

A.  J.  Earling,  Gen.  Mgr. 
j  R.  R.  Cable,  Prest. 
'  E.  St.  John,  Gen.  Mgr. 

C.  Shields,  Gen.  Supt. 

S.   R.  AiNSLiE,Gen.  Mgr. 
\  Stuyvesant  Fish,  President. 
i  J.  T.  Harahan,  2d  Vice-Prest. 

W.  H.  McDOEL,  Gen.  Mgr. 

P.  P.  Wright,  Asst.  Gen.  Mgr. 

Robt.  Miller,  Gen.  Supt. 

By  Mr.  St.  John,  of  C,  R.  I.  &  P.  Ry. 

Jos.  Wood,  Gen.  Mgr. 

Jos.  Wood,  Gen.  Mgr. 

By  Mr.  AiNSLlE.  of  the  C.  &  N.  P. 

J.  S.  Goodrich,  Supt. 

J.  M.  Egan. 


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The  Chairman  read  copies  of  resolutions  passed  by  the  citizens  of 
Cairo,  Illinois,  condemning  the  strike. 

The  reports  of  members  on  the  situation  were  as  follows : 

A.,  T.  &  S.  F. — No  change  except  that  in  Texas  some  of  the  men  went 
out  yesterday.     In  other  places  are  running  the  same  as  before  the  strike. 

B.  &  O. — Ran  all  trains  yesterday  without  molestation,  under  pro- 
tection of  the  authorities.  A  watchman  in  South  Chicago  was  attacked 
and  beaten  by  strikers.  They  also  set  fire  to  a  box  car  at  that  point, 
which  was  extinguished  after  doing  considerable  damage  to  the  car. 
Moved  on  the  system  yesterday  25  more  trains  and  400  more  loads  than  on 
the  same  day  a  year  ago. 

Cal.  &  B.  I. — No  change  in  the  situation. 

Chi.  &  Alton. — Passenger  and  mail  trains  moved  without  interruption. 
Moved  freight  trains  over  the  entire  system  with  no  interruption  except  at 
Braidwood,  where  miners  congregated  in  large  numbers  and  held  one  of 
our  freight  trains,  pulling  pins  and  cutting  the  air  hose,  and  preventing 
the  men  from  coupling  up  and  going  along.  Have  met  with  no  resistance 
or  trouble  within  the  city  limits  during  the  last  twenty -four  hours. 

Chi.  &  Erie. — All  mail,  passenger  and  express  trains  running 
between  Chicago  and  New  York.  Freight  trains  running  regularly  be- 
tween Hammond  and  New  York.  Situation  very  much  improved  in  the 
last  twenty-four  hours. 

C.  &  E.  III. — The  situation  is  improving.  Yesterday,  while  switchmen 
were  attempting  to  put  cars  on,  which  the  miners  had  run  off  the  track  at 
Grape  Creek,  they  were  assaulted  with  stones  by  the  miners,  and  with 
fire-arms,  but  they  were  driven  back.  Two  were  killed  and  three  taken 
prisoners,  and  four  pretty  seriously  wounded.  At  Clinton  the  miners  de- 
railed some  coal  cars,  and  when  a  freight  crew  went  down  there,  they  drove 
the  crew  away  and  said  they  would  kill  every  man  that  tried  to  move  the 
train.  Got  the  sheriff  out  with  twenty-hve  deputies — the  farmers  came 
out  with  all  kinds  of  weapons,  ready  to  fight,  and  they  said  they  were  in  it 
for  war  if  necessary.  Had  no  further  trouble  there.  One  of  the  new 
brakemen  was  dangerously  shot  at  Danville. 

C.  &  W.  Ind. — Everythmg  all  right  and  trains  all  moving. 

C.  &  G.  T. — All  through  express  and  mail  trains  running.  Have  not 
resumed  running  Chicago  suburban  trains  on  account  of  the  mob  obstruc- 
tions on  49th  street,  but  will  do  so  to-morrow.  Are  now  doing  switchmg 
in  Elsdon  yard  without  interruption  and  will  move  some  freight  out  to-day. 
All  quiet  at  Chicago  last  night  and  to-day,  also  at  Battle  Creek,  Tunnel 
and  Detroit. 

C.  &.  N.-W. — All   passenger    trains  on  time,   and  all  freight  business 


local  to  the  North-Western  company's  tracks  is  being  handled.  Yester- 
day afternoon  a  new  switchman  was  assaulted  by  strikers  and  received  a 
cut  in  the  face.  Injury  not  serious.  The  assailant  is  known  and  the 
police  are  after  hmi. 

C,  B.  &  O. — Outside  of  Chicago  everything  is  running  all  right.  In 
Chicago  sent  out  three  train  loads  of  merchandise  this  morning.  Have 
five  switching  engines  at  work  in  the  yard. 

C,  M.  &  St.  p. — Are  moving  freight  and  passenger  trains  on  the  entire 
system  to-day  the  same  as  yesterday.  A  notice  was  issued  yesterday  in- 
forming the  men  that  those  that  did  not  report  for  duty  by  7  o'clock 
this  morning  would  be  out  of  the  service.  The  result  of  that  has  been  that 
more  than  enough  have  returned  on  all  divisions  of  the  road  to  handle  all 
the  business,  with  the  exception  of  switchmen  in  Chicago  and  the  switch- 
men at  Minneapolis.  There  are  at  least  forty  of  the  switchmen  at  Mil- 
waukee who  will  not  be  taken  back,  and  quite  a  number  of  firemen  and 
freight  train  brakemen  who  will  not  be  permitted  to  re-enter  the  service. 

C,  R.  I.  &  P.— Ran  a  number  of  freight  trains  yesterday  west  bound, 
and  two  east  bound.  The  through  passenger  service  was  complete,  with 
the  exception  of  one  train  each  way.  Ran  no  suburban  trains  yesterday, 
but  this  morning  started  in  three  trains  coming  in  in  the  morning  and 
back  in  the  evening.  Last  night  the  spikes  were  pulled  on  sixty  feet  of 
rail  just  beyond  the  tunnel  at  La  Salle,  and  they  evidently  expected  to 
catch  our  No.  3,  which  is  a  pretty  heavy  train,  but  there  was  a  wild  freight 
ahead  of  it  loaded  with  empty  cars  mostly,  and  the  engine  went  over  all 
right,  but  it  derailed  eighteen  cars.  Cleared  the  track  within  an  hour,  and 
the  man  that  pulled  the  spikes  is  under  arrest.  With  that  exception  have 
had  no  trouble.  Spring  Valley  is  quiet,  having  two  companies  of  soldiers 
there. 

Chicago  Great  Western. — Handling  all  freight  and  passenger  trains. 
Have  not  been  handling  live  stock  heretofore.  Gave  notice  to-day  that 
we  would  resume  handling  live  stock  for  Chicago. 

C.  &  N.  P.— All  daylight  trains  running—no  night  trains.  On  the  Chi- 
cago &  Calumet  Terminal  we  got  one  of  the  double  tracks  clear  yesterday 
and  resumed  business.  Have  telegrams  from  authorities  in  Hammond 
saying  we  can  run  trains,  and  that  protection  will  be  given. 

IILLINOIS  Central.— In  good  shape  for  the  last  twenty-four  hours. 
Had  a  car  set  on  fire  at  Hawthorne,  which  was  put  out  before  any  serious 
damage  was  done.  One  of  our  old  firemen  was  attacked  on  his  way  home 
last  night  and  beaten  up  by  some  of  the  old  employes  of  the  I.  C.  and  M. 
C.  Have  the  names  of  the  parties  and  warrants  are  out  for  them.  All  the 
switchmen  at  Sioux  City  and  Kankakee  have  gone  back,  so  we  are  in  good 
shape  all  over  the  lines. 

L.,  N.  A.  &  C— Are  running  passenger  trains  regularly,   and  freight 


trains  outside  of  Chicago.  Had  fifty  feet  of  a  pile  bridge  burned  out  south 
of  Hammond  last  night.  Five  of  our  brakemen  at  Hammond  refused  to 
go  out  when  called  yesterday,  and  they  were  discharged.  Our  switching 
engineers  and  firemen  at  49th  street  claim  they  are  afraid  to  go  to  work. 
Have  told  them  I  was  arranging  for  police  protection,  and  if  they  refused 
to  go  to  work  should  fill  their  places  to-day.  The  Hammond  guerrillas 
extend  their  influence  as  far  as  Dyer,  ten  miles  south,  and  have  intim- 
idated all  the  track  men  except  the  foreman,  who  is  still  patrolling  the 
track. 

L.  S.  &  M.  S. — Running  all  its  main  line  trains  as  usual,  and  all  subur- 
ban trains  except  the  Stock  Yards  dummy,  which  we  expect  to  start  soon. 
Yesterday  afternoon  at  5:30  a  switch-light  tender  was  interfered  with,  but 
there  was  no  serious  trouble.  Switchmen  are  out  at  Toledo.  They  have 
not  interfered  with  passenger  and  mail  trains,  but  delayed  a  meat  train 
yesterday  by  pullmg  pins  and  cutting  the  train.  Are  having  no  serious 
trouble  at  Cleveland.  Our  men  did  not  all  go  out.  Have  sent  an  engine 
to  the  Stock  Yards  this  morning,  having  received  notice  that  the  track 
was  clear  and  protected. 

Mich.  Cent. — Sent  out  all  of  its  passenger  and  mail  trains  on  time,  and 
they  nearly  all  arrived  on  time  in  the  past  twenty-four  hours.  Moved  some 
freight  yesterday  east-bound  without  molestation,  under  protection.  At 
Hammond  the  men  are  threatened  with  violence.  The  strikers  told  one 
engineer  that  if  he  did  not  quit  running  an  engine  there  they  would  kill 
him;  that  troops  were  there  now  to  protect  him,  but  when  they  were 
gone  they  would  see  to  him.  Last  night  the  agent  and  operator  were  told 
that  they  must  get  out  of  town  and  quit  working  or  they  would  mob  them 
at  6  o'clock.  I  telegraphed  the  commandant  of  the  troops  there  and  he 
says  he  will  put  protection  around  the  depot  and  keep  it  there  as  long  as 
it  is  necessary.  We  have  a  company  of  militia  between  Kensington  and 
Hammond  protecting  our  Calumet  bridge  and  interlocker  crossing  of  the 
Pennsylvania  road.  At  Calumet  Park  and  West  Hammond  and  on  the 
other  side  we  have  ample  protection  of  Indiana  troops.  On  all  other  parts 
of  the  line  men  are  at  work,  and  the  men  that  went  out  at  Detroit  went 
back.  Mr.  Ledyard  gave  them  until  7  o'clock  yesterday  morning  to 
decide  and  they  were  all  in  their  places  at  that  time. 

P.,  F.  W.  &  C. — All  trains  moving  on  time.  There  was  no  difficulty 
excepting  that  the  fast  mail  train  was  fired  into  between  Grand  Crossing 
and  Englewood,  and  the  bullet  went  into  the  vestibule  of  one  of  the  postal 
cars.  At  Fort  Wayne  we  put  new  men  to  work  and  freight  trains  are 
moving. 

P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L.— All  regular  passenger  and  freight  trains  moving 
without  delay.  Got  six  freights  in  and  eight  out  yesterday,  and  took  fifty- 
one  cars  out  of  the  Stock  Yards  this  morning.     The  track  was  greased  at 


Bernice,  but  had  no  serious  trouble.  At  Louisville  our  men  are  at  work, 
but  those  of  the  other  roads  are  out. 

Wabash  R.  R. — Situation  improved  somewhat  in  the  last  twenty-four 
hours.  Until  last  night  we  have  not  been  running  night  passenger  trains. 
Last  night  we  commenced  running  some  of  them  and  arranged  to  run  all 
of  them  to-night.  Also  started  out  a  half  dozen  local  freight  trains  yester- 
day and  started  all  our  local  freight  trains  except  one  this  morning. 
Worked  an  engine  in  Chicago  yard  part  of  the  day  yesterday,  and  have 
one  working  again  to-day.  Had  no  violence  except  at  Decatur,  where 
some  one  threw  a  stone  through  the  cab  window,  striking  the  engineer  near 
the  eye  and  injuring  him  considerably;  but  the  man  was  arrested  and  is  in 
jail. 

U.  S.  Y.  &  T.  Co. — The  Chairman  read  a  telegram  stating  that  the 
tracks  were  clear  for  all  connecting  lines.  Nothing  new  since  report  of 
yesterday. 

LTpon  the  question  being  asked  whether  the  Stock  Yards  Company 
were  ready  to  receive  business,  Mr.  Whitman  said  he  had  a  message  say- 
ing they  were  ready  to  receive  trains  and  asking  to  be  notified  what  time 
they  would  be  expected  in  order  to  arrange  for  protection. 

Wis.  Cent. — Moving  all  trains  on  time. 


After  some  further  discussion  of  various  matters,  the  meeting  adjourned 
until  I!  o'clock  the  following  day. 

E.  ST.  JOHN, 
Chas.  p.  Dawley,  Chairman. 

Secretaty. 


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GENERAL  MANAGERS*  ASSOCIATION, 


MINUTES  OF  SPECIAL  MEETING. 

July  ii,  1894. 

MINUTES  of  special  meeting  held  at  732  Rookery  Building,  Chicago, 
Wednesday,  July  11,  1894,  at  11  o'clock  A.  M.,  pursuant  to  ad- 
journment from  the  previous  day.  Mr.  St.  John,  the  Chairman,  presid- 
ing.    Present  : 


A.,  T.  &  S.  F., 

B.  &  O.  R.  R., 
Cal.  &  B.  I., 
Chi.  &  Alton, 
Chi.  &  Erie,     - 

C.  &  E.  111., 

C.  &  W.  Ind.,       - 
C.  &G.  T.,     - 

C.  &N.-W.,      - 

C.,B.  &Q., 
C,  M.  &  St.  P., 

C,  R.  I.  &  P.,     - 

Chi.  Gt.  Western, 
C.  &N.  P.,       - 
III.  Cent.,     - 
L.,  N.  A.  &  C, 
L.  S.  &  M.  S.,      - 

Mich.  Cent.,     - 
P.,  F.  W.  &  C, 


D.  B.  Robinson,  ist  Vice-Prest. 
R.  B.  Campbell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

W.  G.  Brimson,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

C.  H.  Chappell,  Gen.  Mgr, 

J.  C.  MOORHEAD,  Gen.  Supt. 

H.  H.  Porter,  Chairman. 

O.  H.  Lyford,  Vice-Prest. 

W.  H.  Lyford,  Gen.  Counsel. 

B.  Thomas,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 
W.  G.  Spicer,  Gen.  Mgr. 

J.  M.  Whitman,  Gen.  Mgr. 
L.  W.  Bonvers,  Gen.  Counsel. 
Geo.  B.  Harris,  ist  Vice-Prest. 
A.  J.  Earling,  Gen.  Mgr. 
R.  R.  Cable,  President. 

E.  St.  John,  Gen.  Mgr. 

T.  S.  Wright,  Gen.  Attorney. 

C.  Shields,  Gen.  Supt. 
S.  R.  AiNSLiE,  Gen,  Mgr. 
Stuyvesant  Fish,  President. 

W.  H.  McDoEL,  V.-P.  and  Gen.  Mgr, 
P.  P.  Wright,  Asst.  Gen.  Mgr, 
ROBT.  Miller,  Gen.  Supt. 
Ashley  Pond,  Counsel. 
Jos.  Wood,  Gen.  Mgr. 
Chas.  Watts,  Gen.  Supt. 


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p.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L.,       -        -      Joseph  Wood,  Gen.  Mgr. 

Wis.  Central,        -        -        -        By  Mr.  AiNSLlE,  of  the  C.  &  N.  P. 

For  the  Committees.      -        -     J.  M.  Egan. 

After  the  meeting  was  called  to  order  there  was  quite  a  lengthy  discus- 
sion of  various  questions  arising  on  different  roads  in  connection  with  the 
strike. 

The  Chairman  reported  the  number  of  men  furnished  by  Committee    com.  No.  i. 
No.  I,  and  stated  that  quite  a  number  were  on  hand  and  more  on  the 
way;  that  part  of  the  offices  established  in  the   East  were   discontinued 
yesterday  by  direction  of  the  Committee,  and  the  balance  of  them  would 
he  closed  to-day,  unless  directed  otherwise. 

The  roll  was  then  called,  and  members  were  also  requested  to  state 
■whether  they  were  ready  to  receive  interchange  business  or  not. 

A.,  T.  &  S.  F. — Open  all  the  way  to  California.  Some  trouble  in  Texas  ; 
two  or  three  hundred  A.  R.  U.  men  going  out  delayed  trains  there  last 
night.  Everything  else  is  all  right.  Are  ready  to  receive  interchange 
business. 

B.  &  O.  R,  R. — No  change  so  far  as  operation  of  trains  is  concerned. 
Handled  i,ooo  more  loaded  cars  and  38  more  trains  than  the  same  day  a 
year  ago. 

Last  night  two  cars  were  set  on  fire,  one  at  90th  street  and  the  other  at 
92d  street,  South  Chicago.  They  were  discovered  before  any  great 
amount  of  damage  was  done.  Just  received  a  telephone  message  that  a 
number  of  cars  were  being  burned  in  the  Exposition  grounds.  Are  ready 
to  receive  business  from  all  connections. 

Cal.  &  B.  I. — Conditions  more  favorable  this  morning;  had  one  trans- 
fer crew  at  work  yesterday,  as  well  as  one  switching  crew.  We  are  not 
yet  receiving  business  to  the  full  extent. 

Chi.  &  Alton. — Our  road  is  open.  All  trains  running  regularly  and 
we  are  ready  for  business  as  usual. 

Chi.  &  Erie. — We  are  running  all  mail,  passenger  and  express  trains 
on  time,  and  douig  some  freight  business.  Are  prepared  to  receive  in  a 
modified  way — not  fully  at  the  present  time.  Are  doing  quite  a  little 
business,  although  not  our  normal  business.  Took  a  train  from  the  Stock 
Yards  yesterday. 

Chi.  &  E.  III. — Running  all  through  passenger  trains  except  the  night 
train.  Running  suburban  trains — not  the  full  number  that  we  had  before 
the  strike,  but  all  we  shall  put  on  for  the  present.  Ran  several  freight 
trains  yesterday,  and  had  no  molestation  except  at  Brazil.     The  sympathy 


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■with  the  strikers  was  so  great  we  could  not  get  a  passenger  train  out  of 
there  yesterday.  Troops  have  been  asked  for.  At  CUnton,  Indiana,  a 
good  many  miners  annoyed  our  people,  but  caused  no  serious  difficulty. 
Have  not  commenced  to  receive  carload  freight  regularly,  but  will  prob- 
ably resume  early  in  the  morning.  Delivered  a  train  of  coal  at  the  Stock 
Yards  this  morning,  the  first  that  has  been  run  in. 

Chi.  &  W.  IND. — All  passenger  trains  are  running  about  as  usual  ex- 
cept some  of  the  suburban  trains  mentioned  by  Mr.  Lyford  (C.  &  E.  I.). 
The  road  is  in  good  shape  and  the  Belt  Railway  is  ready  to  receive  all 
business  brought  to  it  by  connecting  lines. 

C.  &  G.  T, — The  C.  &  G.  T.  and  our  five  roads'  service,  passenger, 
mail  and  freight,  is  complete.  Opened  our  freight  yard  this  morning,  and 
are  running  suburban  trains. 

C.  &  N.-W. — Passenger  and  freight  service  has  been  carried  on  since 
last  report  without  interruption  ;  no  act  of  violence  has  occurred  beyond 
one  empty  freight  car  set  on  fire  at  Maplewood  and  partly  destroyed.  Are 
receiving  from  connecting  lines,  and  delivered  two  stock  trains  to  the  yards 
this  morning. 

C,  B.  &  Q. — Are  in  about  normal  condition.  Receiving  and  delivering 
all  kinds  of  freight.  Delivered  nearly  200  cars  of  stock  at  the  yards  this 
morning  without  any  trouble  of  any  kind.  Are  receiving  and  delivering 
business  from  and  to  connections. 

C,  M.  &  St.  p. ^Freight  and  passenger  trains  movmg  the  same  as 
usual  and  doing  business  at  all  points.  Delivered  two  trams  of  coal  and 
ice  to  the  Stock  Yards  this  morning  and  received  several  transfers  from 
other  roads  without  trouble. 

C.  R.  I.  &  P. — Operated  yesterday  ten  freight  trains  west  and  three 
east.  Three  through  passenger  trains  each  way  and  seven  suburban  trains, 
four  west  and  three  east.  We  are  rapidly  resuming  the  normal  condition 
of  affairs  and  shall  be  prepared  to  receive  freight  from  connecting  lines 
to-day. 

Chi.  Great  Western. — Are  doing  business  as  usual.  Accepting 
everything  that  is  offered  in  the  way  of  freight  and  making  our  usual  de- 
liveries to  connecting  lines. 

The  only  interruption  had  was  our  first  transfer  train  out  of  the  Stock 
Yards  yesterday,  which  was  derailed  near  Brighton  Park  by  strikers,  and 
a  couple  of  shots  fired,  probably  in  the  air,  and  a  good  many  rocks  were 
thrown.  The  cars  were  put  on  the  track  right  away  without  any  serious 
trouble. 

C.  &  N.  P.— Everything  moving  all  right.  Five  switch  engines  at 
work  this  morning,  including  one  at  the  Stock  Yards.  A  couple  of  men 
riding  in  a  buggy  on  5th  avenue  viaduct  shot  at  a  switch  tender  in  Polk 
street  yard.     Before  they  fired  they  yelled  at  him  to  throw  up  his  job  or 


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they  would  fill  him  full  of  holes.  Expect  to  be  able  to  arrest  the  parties 
who  did  the  shooting.  Chicago  &  Calumet  Terminal  is  all  right  and 
ready  to  receive  business. 

Illinois  Central.— All  through  passenger  trains  in  and  out  of  Chica- 
go were  run.  Suburban  trams  were  run  as  usual  of  late,  to  Grand  Cross- 
ing only.  In  addition  to  that  the  Addison  suburban  trains,  which  carry 
the  mail,  were  run  to  Addison.  No  tracks  have  been  molested.  Report 
from  Burnside,  at  4:15  A.  M.,  states  that  another  fire  started  at  the  loca- 
tion of  the  former  fire,  but  as  yet  no  details  have  been  received,  except 
that  the  fire  department  had  the  fire  under  control.  No  trains  were 
stoned  or  fired  upon,  and  no  employes  killed  or  injured.  We  take  stock 
and  everything  else — had  about  twenty  trains  in  and  out  of  Cairo  yester- 
day. 

L.,  N.  A.  &  C. — Are  running  the  full  number  of  passenger  trains  with- 
out any  difficulty,  and  all  freight  trains  outside  of  Chicago.  Commenced 
work  in  49th  street  yard  this  morning.  The  bridge  south  of  Hammond 
was  repaired  by  8  o'clock  last  night  and  trains  passed  over  it.  Are  having 
some  difficulty  with  brakemen  refusing  to  go  out,  and  are  discharging 
those  who  refuse.     Had  one  crew  in  Chicago  refuse  this  morning  to  go  out. 

L.  S.  &  M.  S. — No  change  in  the  situation  on  the  Lake  Shore  road. 
One  train  this  morning  about  6:20  found  ties  across  the  track,  but  stopped 
before  striking  them,  near  the  40th  street  Y.  Are  running  all  passenger 
and  freight  trains  regularly,  except  that  we  have  not  commenced  running 
the  Stock  Yards  local  train  on  account  of  the  track  not  being  clear.  Com- 
menced doing  business  at  the  Stock  Yards  yesterday.  The  switchmen  at 
Cleveland  did  not  all  go  out,  and  the  places  of  those  who  did  have  been 
filled  with  new  men  and  are  doing  our  business  there  all  right.  Are  still 
having  trouble  at  Toledo,  but  expect  during  the  course  of  the  day  to  be  in 
a  position  to  handle  our  business.     Are  in  position  to  interchange  freight. 

Mich.  Central.— All  trains  running  in  and  out  on  time.  Have  given 
instructions  to  arrange  for  mterchange  of  freight. 

P.,  Ft.  W.  &  C.  and  P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L. — Passenger  trains  on  time 
yesterday  on  both  roads  and  quite  a  number  of  freight  trains  on  both  lines. 
The  only  disturbance  reported  was  that  the  freight  train  out  of  Chicago 
last  night  was  cut  in  two  at  South  Chicago.  It  was  a  long  train  of  about 
sixty-three  cars  and  we  sent  some  deputies  with  an  engine  from  55th  street 
and  pushed  it  onto  the  front  end  of  the  train  and  proceeded  without  dis- 
turbance. The  engine  and  deputies  returning  to  the  engine  house  were 
stoned  somewhere  between  Grand  Crossing  and  Englewood.  Are  ready 
to  a  limited  extent  to  receive  and  deliver  business  with  other  lines. 

At  Louisville  our  men  are  at  work  and  the  L.  &  N.  are  moving  trains 
on  time  and  we  have  more  men  reporting  than  we  need.  In  Cleveland  the 
position  remains  the  same  except  that  we  are  getting  additional  crews  at 


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work.  At  Toledo  the  switchmen  went  out  yesterday  afternoon,  but  we 
have  sufficient  crews  to  do  what  work  there  is  there.  The  Pan  Handle  got 
two  or  three  trains  out  of  the  Stock  Yards  this  morning.  Two  more  to  go 
out. 

Wis.  Cent. — Handling  all  business,  and  ready  to  receive  interchange 
business  from  connecting  lines.  They  had  three  cars  set  fire  to  yesterday 
afternoon  in  Morgan  street  yard  and  badly  damaged. 

Wabash  R.  R. — The  Chairman  read  a  communication  saying  that  all 
passenger  trains  were  running  on  time;  but  giving  no  information  about 
freight  trains. 

U.  S.  Y.  &  T.  Co. — The  Chairman  read  a  telegram  saying  that  the 
tracks  were  all  clear  and  everything  quiet. 


Limiting  lia-  The  Chairman  read  a  communication  from  J.  W.  Midgley  in  reference 

Bill2  °°  ^^  to  the  roads  taking  uniform  action  in  the  matter  of  stamping  upon  way- 
bills for  live-stock  shipments  that  such  shipments  were  taken  subject  to 
delays  by  acts  of  mobs,  etc.,  etc.  It  was  read  and  discussed  but  no  action 
taken. 

The  question  of  notice  to  the  city  or  county  of  intention  to  make  claim 
for  damages  for  property  destroyed  by  mobs  was  discussed,  and  Mr. 
Bowers,  the  Chairman  of  the  Legal  Committee,  was  requested  to  furnish 
an  opinion  as  to  the  necessary  requirements. 


The  meeting  adjourned  to  the  following  day  at  ii  o'clock. 

E.  ST.  JOHN, 
Chas.  p.  Dawley,  Chairman^ 

Sec7-eiary. 


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GENERAL  MANAGERS'   ASSOCIATION, 


MINUTES   OF   SPECIAL   MEETING. 

July  12,  1894. 

MINUTES  of  a  Special  Meeting  held  at  733  Rookery  Building, 
Chicago,  Thursday,  July  12,  1894,  at  11  o'clock  A.M.,  pursuant  to 
adjournment  from  the  previous  day.  Mr.  St.  John,  the  Chairman,  pre- 
siding.    Present: 


A.,  T.  &  S.  F.,     - 

B.  &  O.  R.  R., 
Cal.  &  B.  I., 
Chi.  &  Alton,  - 
Chi.  (It  Erie, 

C.  &  E.  111.,     - 

C.  &  W.  Ind.,      - 
C.&G.  T.,     - 

C.&N.-W., 

C,  B.  &  O.,     - 
C,  M.  &  St.  P.,  - 
C.,R.  I.  &P., 
Chi.  Gt.  Western, 
C.  &  N.  P.,     - 

111.  Cent.,      - 

L.,  N.  A.  &  C, 
L.  S.  &  M.  S.,      - 
Mich.  Cent.,     - 

P.,  F.  W.  &  C,  - 

P.,  C.  C.  &St.  L., 

Wis.  Central, 

For  the  Committees, 


D.  B.  Robinson,  ist  Vice  Prest. 
R.  B.  Campbell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

W.  G.  Brimson,  Prest.  &  Gen.  Mgr. 
C.  H.  Chappell,  Gen.  Mgr. 

A.  M.  Tucker,  Gen.  Mgr. 

\  M.  J.  Carpenter,  Prest.  &  Gen.  Mgr. 
'  O.  H.  Lyford,  Vice-Prest. 

B.  Thomas,  Prest.  &  Gen.  Mgr. 
W.  G.  Spicer,  Gen.  Mgr. 

(  J.  M.  Whitman,  Gen.  Mgr. 
(  L.  W.  Bowers,  Gen.  Counsel. 

W.  F.  Merrill,  Gen.  Mgr. 

A.  J.  Earling,  Gen.  Mgr. 

E.  St.  John,  Gen.  Mgr. 
A.  J.  Kelly,  Supt. 

S.  R.  AiNSLiE.  Gen.  Mgr. 
t  Stuyvesant  Fish,  Prest. 
-  J.  T.  Harahan,  2d  Vice-Prest. 
(  A.  W.  Sullivan,  Gen.  Supt. 

W.  H.  McDoel,  Gen.  Mgr. 

P.  P.  Wright,  Asst.  Gen.  Mgr. 

RoBT.  Miller,  Gen.  Supt. 
i  jOS.  Wood,  Gen.  Mgr. 
(  Chas.  Watts,  Gen.  Supt. 

Joseph  Wood.  Gen.  Mgr. 

By  Mr.  AiNSLlE,  of  the  C.  >^  N.  P. 

J.  M.  Egan. 


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Reports  were  read  showing,  among  other  things,  that   a   meeting  of 
various  labor  organizations  was  being  held  at  the  Briggs  House. 
Com.  No.  I.  Mr.  St.  John,  as  Chairman  of  Committee  No.  i,  explained  that  the  men 

brought  here  from  the  East  were  paid  by  the  Association  from  the  time 
they  took  the  train  up  to  the  time  they  were  turned  over  to  the  road  on 
which  they  were  to  be  employed,  on  the  basis  of  the  Chicago  scale.  This 
explanation  was  made  because  it  had  been  thought  by  some  that  the 
company  hiring  the  men  were  to  pay  them  from  the  time  they  started  for 
Chicago.  He  also  stated  that  he  had  written  to  each  of  the  gentlemen 
who  had  established  agencies  in  the  East,  requesting  them  to  forward 
statements  of  their  expenses,  for  the  purpose  of  closing  up  the  accounts 
as  rapidly  as  possible  :  that  there  were  now  quite  a  large  number  of  men 
on  hand. 

Umiting  lia-  The  matter  of  stamping  way-bills  for  live-stock  with  a  clause  limiting 

Bjiis"  "     liability  for  damage  caused  by  mobs,  etc.,  etc.,  was  again  taken  up  and 

discussed  at  some  length,  and  action  postponed  until  the  following  day. 


The  usual  roll-call  for  statements  of  the  situation  was  dispensed  with. 
The  Chair  asked  that  the  members  state  any  occurrences  out  of  the  ordi- 
nary course  of  events  that  had  taken  place  during  the  past  twenty-four 
hours  attributable  to  the  strike,  and  said  that  unless  statements  were  made 
to  the  contrary  the  situation  would  be  recorded  as  satisfactory.  The  fol- 
lowing occurrences  were  reported  : 

B.  &  O. — The  train  of  troops  preceding  the  train  leaving  at  6:45  ^^^^ 
night  ran  over  explosives  between  Stony  Island  avenue  and  Commercial 
avenue.  No  serious  damage  was  done.  A  portion  of  the  pilot  was 
knocked  off.  At  Chicago  Junction  an  operator  was  assaulted  by  some  per- 
son not  known. 

C.  &  E.  III. — Some  obstructions  were  placed  on  the  coal  road  track 
near  Coxville,  but  did  no  damage. 

C.  &  N.-W.- — One  of  the  company's  discharged  switchmen,  a  man 
named  Manville,  assaulted  a  new  man.  Unknown  parties  pulled  the  pin 
"between  a  double  carload  of  telegraph  poles  and  also  filled  a  switch  with 
stone  on  North  Pier.  No  damage  down.  A  brick  thrown  from  a  third 
story  window  on  Clark  street  struck  John  Murky,  freight  house  foreman. 


who  was  in  the  yard  switching,  on  the  leg  and  bruised  it.  Unable  to 
locate  the  party  who  threw  the  stone. 

Mr.  Harahan  reported  that  fourC,  B.  i!!v:  O.  cars  were  burned  at  the 
World's  Fair  grounds  yesterday. 

L.  S.  &  M.  S. — While  the  brakeman  on  the  Whiting  suburban  train 
was  throwing  the  switches  in  making  up  the  train  at  Whiting  to  return  to 
Chicago,  six  or  seven  roughs  came  from  a  saloon  and  assaulted  him,  each 
one  hitting  him  with  fists  or  feet.  There  seemed  to  be  a  gathering 
at  Whiting  of  people  coming  over  from  Hammond,  but  as  there  was  mili- 
tary protection  there,  everything  was  quiet. 

P.,  C,  C.  &  St.  L. — Had  a  freight  train  stoned  at  Bernice  yesterday, 
and  some  stone  throwing  at  55th  street  yard. 


Mr.  Bowers,  Chairman  of  the   Legal  Committee  of  Seven,  sumbitted    Notice  to  city 
,       _  ,,        .  or  county  of 

the  followmg:  claim  for 

Chicago,  July  II,  1894.  damage. 

Mr.  E.  St.  John, 

Cliairman  of  General  Managers^  Association, 

Dear  Sir:  In  response  to  the  enquiry  of  the  Association  made  yester- 
day, concerning  the  nature  of  the  notice  required  to  be  given  to  a  city  or 
county  in  order  afterward  to  sue  and  recover  for  property  destroyed  by 
mob  or  riots,  I  desire  to  submit  the  following  : 

The  Act  in  which  such  recovery  is  provided  for  is  the  Act  -'To  indem- 
nify the  owners  of  property  for  damages  occasioned  by  mobs  and  riots," 
approved  June  15,  1887.  The  first  and  sixth  sections  of  this  Act  are  as 
follows  : 

"  Section  i.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  rep- 
resented in  the  General  Assembly  :  That  whenever  any  building  or  other 
real  or  personal  property,  except  property  in  transit,  shall  be  destroyed  or 
injured  in  consequence  of  any  mob  or  not  composed  of  twelve  or  more  per- 
sons, the  city,  or  if  not  a  city,  then  the  county  in  which  such  property  was 
destroyed,  shall  be  liable  to  an  action  by  or  on  behalf  of  the  party  whose 
property  was  thus  destroyed  or  injured,  for  three-fourths  of  the  damages 
sustained  by  reason  thereof. 

"  Section  6.  No  action  shall  be  maintained  under  the  provisions  of 
this  Act  by  any  person  or  corporation  whose  property  shall  have  been  de- 
stroyed or  injured  as  aforesaid,  unless  notice  of  claim  for  damages  be  pre- 
sented to  such  city  or  county  within  thirty  days  after  such  loss  or  damage 
occurs,  and  such  action  shall  be  brought  within  twelve  months  after  such 
destruction  or  injury  occurs,  but  nothing  in  this  Act  shall  be  construed  as 
authorizing  any  recovery  by  the  United  States,  the  State  of  Illinois,  or  any 
county  for  the  destruction  of.  or  injury  to,  property  by  mobs  or  riots."' 


From  the  language  of  the  last  section  quoted  it  is  clear  that  the  notice 
required  must  be  in  itself  a  claim  or  demand  for  damages,  and  should  not 
be  a  mere  notice  of  intention  afterward  to  make  claim  or  demand,  and 
what  the  statute  calls  •'  notice  of  claim  for  damages,"  is  plainly  meant  to 
be  itself  a  present  and  immediate  demand  of  damages.  The  instrument 
should,  in  my  judgment,  state  that  by  it  the  owner  of  the  property  de- 
stroyed claims  and  demands  of  the  city  or  county  (as  the  case  may  be) 
damages  for  the  destruction  or  injury  of  the  property  and  should  state  the 
amount  of  the  damages  so  claimed  ;  should  describe  the  property  and 
state  that  the  subscriber  of  the  notice  was  the  owner  of  it;  should  give 
the  claimed  value  of  the  property  or  the  amount  of  the  injury  to  it; 
should  state  the  time  and  place  of  its  destruction  or  injury;  should  de- 
clare that  it  was  not  property  in  transit  ;  and  should  further  state  that  it 
was  destroyed  or  injured  in  consequence  ot  a  mob  and  riot  composed  of 
more  than  twelve  persons.  It  will,  of  course,  be  noticed  that  the  demand 
of  damages  must  be  limited  to  three-fourths  of  the  actual  damages 
sustained. 

The  statute  is  very  clear  in  its  provisions  and  will  be  readily  understood 
upon  examination.  It  is  found  on  page  370  of  the  third  volume  of  Starr 
&  Curtis'  Annotated  Statutes  of  Illinois. 

Yours  truly, 
(Signed)  Lloyd  W.  Bowers. 


The  question  whether  the  company  in  possession  of  foreign  cars  should 
make  claim  against  the  city  for  damages  in  case  of  their  destruction  was 
asked,  and  it  being  stated  by  the  chairman  of  the  legal  committee,  Mr. 
Bowers,  that  such  claims  must  be  made  by  the  owner  of  the  property  de- 
stroyed, the  following  resolution  was,  on  motion  duly  seconded,  unani- 
mously adopted : 

Resolved,  That  each  member  of  this  Association,  upon  whose  line  cars 
or  property  belonging  to  foreign  roads  have  been  damaged  or  destroyed, 
by  the  action  of  mobs,  notify  such  foreign  road  on  or  before  10  A.  M.  Sat- 
urday, July  14th,  1894. 

A  copy  of  the  foregoing  resolution  was  sent  to  each  member  soon  after 
the  meeting  adjourned. 


A  private  communication  was  received  from  the  chief  of  police,  which 
■was  read  to  the  Association,  and  dupUcate  copies  of  the  same  were  for- 
warded to  each  member. 


The  meeting  here  adjourned  until  the  following  day  at  1 1  o'clock. 

E.  ST.  JOHN, 
Chas.  p.  Dawlev,  Oiairman. 

Secretary. 


GENERAL  MANAGERS'   ASSOCIATION, 


MINUTES   OF    SPECIAL   MEETING. 

July  13,  1894. 

MINUTES  of  Special  Meeting  held  at  732  Rookery  Building, 
Chicago,  July  19,  1S94,  at  11  o'clock  A.M.,  pursuant  to  adjourn- 
ment from  the  previous  day.  Mr.  St.  John,  the  Chairman,  presiding. 
Present  : 


A.,T.  &S.  F.,    - 

B.  &  O.  R.  R., 
Cal.  &  B.  I., 
Chi.  &  Alton, 
Chi.  &  Erie, 

C.  &  E.  111.,     - 
C.  &G.  T., 

C.  &  N.-W.,    - 
C,  M.  &  St.  P.    - 
C.  R.  I.  &  P., 
Chi.  Gt.  Western, 

111.  Cent., 

L.,  N.  A.  &  C,    - 
L.  S.  &  M.  S., 
Mich.  Cent., 
N.  Y.,  C.  &  St.  L., 
P.,  F.  W.  &  C,  - 
P.,C.,  C.  &  St.  L., 
For  the  Committees, 


D.  B.  Robinson,  ist  Vice-Prest. 
R.  B.  Campbell.  Gen.  Mgr. 

W.  G.  Brimson,  Prest.  6c  Gen.  Mgr. 
•     C.  H.  Chappell,  Gen.  Mgr. 
A.  M.  Tucker,  Gen.  Mgr. 
O.  H.  Lyford,  Vice-Prest. 
W.  G.  Spicer.  Gen.  Mgr. 
J.  M.  Whitman,  Gen.  Mgr. 
A.  J.  Earling.  Gen.  Mgr. 

E.  St.  John,  Gen.  Mgr. 
A.  J.  Kelly,  Supt. 

\  Stuyvesant  Fish,  President. 
i  J.  T.  Harahan.  2d  Vice-Prest. 

W.  H.  McDoEL,  Gen.  Mgr. 

P.  P.  Wright,  Asst.  Gen.  Mgr. 

RoBT.  Miller,  Gen.  Supt. 

C.  D.  Gorham,  Supt. 

Chas.  Watts,  Gen.  Supt. 

Chas.  Watts,  of  the  P.,  F.  W.  cS:  C. 

J.  M.  Egan. 


Limiting  lia-  ^  ^°^^  ^^"^^  taken  upon  the  matter  of  stamping  way-bills  for  live  stock. 

Bills'^' °" ^^^^    limiting  liability  for  acts  of  mobs,   etc..  etc.,  and  the  majority  were  of 
opinion  that  no  necessity  existed  for  special  action  thereon  at  this  time. 


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The  Chairman  reported  that  Committee  No.  i  had  a  number  of  men  Com.  No.  i. 
still  on  hand,  after  meeting  all  requirements  of  lines  in  this  Association, 
and  that  he  was  in  communication  with  the  officials  of  railways  in  Cali- 
fornia with  a  view  to  sending  some  of  the  men  there.  He  also  stated  that 
the  committee  would  require  an  additional  sum  of  money  to  meet  the 
expenses  incurred  by  them,  and  upon  motion,  duly  seconded,  the  follow- 
ing resolution  was  unanimously  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  an  additional  assessment  of  fifteen  thousand  dollars  be    second  Assess- 
made  at  once  to  meet  strike  expenses,  and  that  the  Treasurer  be  author-       "i^nt. 
ized  to  draw  upon  the  treasuries  of  each  line  for   their  proper  proportion, 
upon  the  basis  of  their  last  assessment. 


The  situation  was  discussed  briefly,  it  appearing  that  no  trouble  was 
being  experienced  by  the  members  in  carrying  on  business,  military  pro- 
tection still  being  maintained. 


On  motion  the  meeting  adjourned  to  the  following  day  at  ii  o'clock. 

E.  ST.  JOHN, 
Chas.  p.  Dawley,  Chairman. 

Secretary. 


GENERAL   MANAGERS'   ASSOCIATION, 


MINUTES  OF  SPECIAL  MEETING. 

Chicago,  July  14,  1894. 

MINUTES  of  Special  Meeting  held  at  732  Rookery  Building, 
Chicago,  Saturday,  July  14,  1894,  at  11  o'clock  A.  M.,  pursuant  to 
adjournment  from  the  previous  day.  Mr.  St.  John,  the  Chairman,  pre- 
siding.    Present: 

A.,  T.  &  S.  F.,  -        -         -        D.  H.  Robinson,  ist  Vice-Prest. 

Bait.  &  Ohio,  -        -        -         -!  ^-  ^'-  CAMPBELL,  Gen.  Mgr. 

'  J.  Van  Smith,  Gen.  Supt. 
Cal.  &  B.  I..         -         -         -         W.  G.  Brimson,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 
Chi.  &  Alton,       -        -        -        C.  H.  Chappell,  Gen.  Mgr. 
Chi.  &  Erie,  -        -        -     A.  M.  Tucker,  Gen.  Mgr. 

C   &  F    111  _    '      3  H.  H.  Porter,  Chairman. 

''  (  O.  H.  Lyford,  Vice-Prest. 

C.  &  W.  Ind.,      -        -        -        B.  Thomas,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 
C.  &  G.  T.,      -        -        -  W.  G.  Spicer,  Gen.  Mgr. 

C    t  N   W       -  -       i  J-  M-  Whitman.  Gen.  Mgr. 

'  L.  W.  Bowers,  Gen.  Counsel. 
^     ^    o  Q  <  Geo.  B.  Harris,  ist  Vice-Prest. 

■'     ■       •^■'    '        '        '         i  W.  F.  Merrill.  Gen.  Mgr. 
C,  M.  &  St.  P.,    -        -        -      A.  J.  Earling,  Gen.  Mgr. 
C    R    T    V  P  (  R.  R.  Cable,  Prest. 

■'     ■    ■  ^      ■'      '        '        '    (  E.  St.  John,  Gen.  Mgr. 
Chi.  Gt.  Western,       -        -         A.  J.  Kelly,  Supt. 
C.  &  N.  P.,      -        -        -  S.  R.  Ainslie.  Gen.  Mgr. 

\  Stuyvesant  Fish,  President. 

(  J.  T.  Harahan,  2d  \'ice-Prest. 
L.,  N.  A.  &  C,        -        -  W.  H.  McDoel,  Gen.  Mgr. 

^     „    „   , ,    ^  \  John  Newell,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

^  ^^■^•'    -        '        -      •)  p_  p.  Wright,  Asst.  Gen.  Mgr. 
Mich.  Cent.,  -        -        -     ROBT.  Miller.  Gen.  Supt. 

N.  v.,  C.  &  St.  L.,      -        -        A.  W.  Johnston,  Gen.  Supt. 


111.  Cent., 


;i6 


p.,  Ft.  W.  cS;  C,         -       -  Chas.  Watts,  Gen.  Supt. 

P.,  C,  C.  >.S:  St.  L.,  -       -  L.  F.  LOREE,  Supt. 

Wis.  Central,         -         -         -  By  MR.  AiNSLlE.  of  the  C.  &  N.  P. 

Wabash  R.  R.,  -        -        -  By  Mr.  Thomas,  of  the  C.  lK:  W.-I. 

Per  the  Committees,     -        -  J.  M.  Egan. 

The  Chairman  read  several  letters  congratulating  the  General  Mana- 
gers on  the  course  events  were  taking,  and  advising  that  they  stand  firm. 


The  Chairman  stated  that  in  answer  to  a  telegram  sent  bv  him  to  the    Firemen  sent 

°  '    '  to  So.  Pac. 

Southern  Pacific  Ry.  Co.,  a  request  for  forty  firemen  was  made  by   that      Ry- 

■company  upon  the  Association,  and  the  same  left  Chicago  in  charge  of  an 

agent  on  July  13th,  and,  of  course,  the  expenses  in  connection  with  these 

men  will  be  charged  to  that  company. 


A  general  discussion  of  various  matters  connected  with  the  strike  was 
had,  none  of  which  were  considered  to  require  action  on  the  part  of  the 
Association. 

Mr.  Thomas  reported  for  the  Wabash  that  two  of  its  new  switchmen 
were  assaulted  and  badly  beaten  at  47th  street  last  night,  where  they  are 
using  new  men. 

The  Chicago  &  Eastern  Illinois  reported  the  finding  of  one  of  their 
new  brakemen  in  an  empty  freight  car  in  a  south-bound  tram  at  Mo- 
jnence,  with  his  head  badly  bruised  and  cut. 

The  C.  &.  G.  T.  reported  that  a  new  switchman  had  his  head  badly  cut 
by  one  of  the  old  switchmen  at  Elsdon. 


Mr.  Wright,  of  the  Legal  Committee,  stated  that  the  committee  de-    Expense  of 
sired  to  have  printed  the  forms  of  notice  to  be  served  upon  the  county  or      notices. 
•city,  and  notices  to  be  sent  to  owners  of  property  other  than  the  road  on 
which  it  had  been  destroyed,  with  power  of  attorney  to  some  one  here  in 
■Chicago  to  make  claims,  etc.     The  Chairman  stated  that  this  could  be 
■>done  at  the  expense  of  the  Association. 


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Mr.  Spicer  then  spoke  as  follows: 

As  we  expect  this  to  be  our  last  regular  meeting,  it  is,  I  think,  incum- 
bent upon  us,  as  members  of  this  General  Managers'  Association,  to  make 
formal  recognition  of  the  invaluable  and  unwearied  services  rendered  by 
our  good  Chairman,  Mr.  St.  John,  and  our  energetic,  cool  and  forcible 
General  Manager,  Mr.  Egan,  during  all  this  time  of  trouble.  The  amount 
of  work  and  worry  which  they  have  gotten  through  with  has  been  im- 
mense. The  unceasing  calls  upon  them  during  this  severe  struggle  prove 
that  they  are  manly  men,  equal  to  any  and  every  emergency.  Our  excel- 
lent Chairman,  with  his  overflowing  good  nature  and  tact,  has  kept  us  all 
in  line.  Shoulder  to  shoulder  we  have  faced  and  fought  the  enemy.  We 
have  crossed  swords  with  every  brutal  and  anarchistic  adversary,  and  with 
good  courage  and  determined  pluck  on  the  part  of  our  loyal  men  have 
soundly  thrashed  them.  In  spite  of  a  few  croakers  in  our  midst,  there 
surely  can  be  but  one  opinion  as  to  the  justice  and  propriety  of  our  meth- 
ods in  dealing  with  our  disloyal  men,  and  the  results  of  our  united  actions. 
It  does  not  appear  to  me,  sir,  that  the  general  public  has  a  fair  apprecia- 
tion of  the  labors,  anxieties  and  worries  of  a  railway  manager.  On  the 
other  side,  our  good  Queen  and  the  government,  of  whichever  party  it 
may  be,  fully  and  generously  recognizes  such  services  for  the  benefit  of 
the  public  and  state  by  conferring  honors  which  the  recipients  can  be 
proud  of,  and  which  their  countrymen  recognize  and  endorse  irrespective 
of  politics.  On  this  side,  we  do  not  care  for  honors;  and  the  public,  on 
one  side  or  the  other,  are  too  apt  to  ungenerously  and  unfairly  criticise 
and  misjudge  faithful  and  hrm  service  for  the  general  good.  In  a  time  of 
emergency  like  the  present,  there  appears  to  be  in  local  circles  more 
party  politics  than  patriotism,  too  much  pandering  to  the  low  saloon  poli- 
tician and  the  lawless  element.  Wrong-doing  and  lawlessness  are  ex- 
cused and  dallied  with  on  account  of  their  voting  powers,  and  the  efforts 
of  those  who  stand  up  for  law  and  order  and  for  the  fulfillment  of  obliga- 
tions are  too  often  sneered  at  and  wilfully  misunderstood  ;  but  I  hope 
and  believe  that  it  will  be  many  a  long  day  before  we  shall  have  occasion 
to  renew  such  a  contest.  In  this  connection,  Mr.  Chairman,  I  now  have 
the  honor  and  very  great  pleasure  of  presenting  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  most  cordial  and  hearty  thanks  of  the  General 
Managers'  Association  be  and  are  hereby  unanimously  accorded  to  our 
most  worthy  Chairman,  Mr.  E.  St.  John,  and  to  our  energetic,  cool  and 
forcible  General  Manager,  Mr.  John  M.  Egan;  also  to  Mr.  W.  E.  Ward, 
Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Information,  as  well  as  to  the  Superintendents, 
traffic  and  mechanical,  and  their  assistants,  and  to  the  other  loyal  servants 
of  our  several  companies,   for  their   almost   superhuman   exertions   and 


pluck  in  support  of  the  General  Managers  and  their  companies  during 
the  wanton,  senseless,  and  (because  without  any  grievance)  utterly  dis- 
loyal and  unwarrantable  strike. 

The  motion  was  seconded  and  carried  unanimously.  The  Secretary 
-was,  on  motion,  requested  to  send  each  member  a  copy  of  the  resolution, 
which  was  done. 


On  motion  the  meeting  adjourned  subject  to  the  call  of  the  Chairman. 

E.  ST.  JOHN, 
Chas.  p.  Dawley,  Chairman. 

Secretary. 


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REPORT  OF  JOHN    M.   EGAN, 

STRIKE  MANAGER  FOR  THE  COMMITTEES. 


Chicago,  July  19th,  1894. 
E.  St.  John,  Esq., 

Chairuian  General  Managers'  Association, 
Chicago,  111. 

Dear  Sir  :— In  compliance  with  your  wishes,  the  following  report  is 
most  respectfully  submitted  : 

The  establishment  of  this  branch  of  your  organization  to  supervise  the 
then  existing  and  contemplated  troubles,  was  commenced  about  noon  on 
Thursday,  June  28th,  and  completed  during  the  day. 

■Telegraph  and  telephone  instruments  were  placed  in  position,  clerical 
force  employed,  and  the  office  remained  open  during  twenty-four  hours 
each  day. 

Arrangements  were  made  to  receive  all  classes  of  reports  from  the  rail- 
ways pertaining  to  the  trouble,  the  number  of  men  wanted  and  the  assign- 
ment of  persons  employed  by  the  outside  agencies  as  well  as  those  who 
applied  in  person. 

The  Mayor,  Chief  of  Police,  Sheriff  and  U.  S.  Marshal  were  called 
upon  and  each  informed  verbally  of  the  system  adopted,  viz.:  that  all 
requisitions  for  assistance,  protection,  reports  of  obstruction,  gatherings  of 
mobs  and  any  and  all  other  acts  of  strikers  and  their  confederates,  that 
were  reported  or  known  to  the  railway  officials,  would  be  transmitted  to 
them  through  this  office.     This  method  secured  their  approval. 

On  July  4th  correspondence  was  opened  with  Col.  Crofton,  who  was  in 
command  of  the  U.  S.  troops  at  this  point,  and  on  July  5th,  General  Miles 
having  arrived,  correspondence  was  carried  on   through  his  headquarters. 

Orders  for  the  movement  of  the  United   States   Troops,  from   Fort 


Sheridan,  were  received  on  the  evening  of  July  3d;  and  July  4th,  the  fol- 
lowing positions  were  occupied  by  them: 

Blue  Island,  .  .  .  4  Companies  Infantry. 

Grand  Crossing,       -  -  -  2  "  " 

Union  Stock  Yards,  -  -  2  "  " 

"  i.         u  _  .  2  Troops  Cavalry. 

"  i>         'I  .  .  I  Battery  Artillery. 

On  July  7th,  General  Miles  re-arranged  the  position  of  his  troops,  and 
the  orders  issued  appear  in  the  daily  proceedings. 

United  States  troops  arrived  as  follows: 

At  midnight,  on  July  3d,  from  Fort  Sheridan,  111.,  Companies  A,  B, 
C,  D,  E,  Y,  G,  and  H  of  the  15th  Infantry;  Companies  B  and  K  of  the 
7th  Cavalry;  Company  E  of  the  First  Artillery,  consisting  of  584  officers 
and  men  under  command  of  Colonel  R.  E.  A.  Crofton. 

On  July  6th,  Companies  A  of  the  5th  Infantry,  H  of  the  7th  Infantry, 
F  of  the  loth  Infantry.  E  of  the  12th  Infantry,  and  F  of  the  13th  Infantry, 
comprising  252  officers  and  men,  arrived  from  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kan., 
under  the  command  of  Captain  J.  M.  J.  Sanno. 

On  July  7th  there  arrived  from  Fort  Brady,  Mich.,  Companies  B  and  F 
of  the  19th  Infantry,  consisting  of  117  officers  and  men  under  the  com- 
mand of  Captain  J.  G.  Leefe. 

On  July  9th  there  arrived  from  Madison  Barracks,  N.  Y.,  Companies 
A.  B,  C,  D,  E.  F,  G,  and  H  of  the  9th  Infantry,  comprising  403  officers 
and  men  under  command  of  Colonel  Chas.  G.  Bartlett. 

On  July  loth  there  arrived  from  Fort  Niobrara,  Neb.,  four  troops  of  the 
6th  Cavalry,  consisting  of  Companies  A,  E,  G,  and  H,  under  command  of 
Colonel  D.  S.  Gordan,  consisting  of  201  officers  and  men. 

There  also  arrived  from  Fort  Riley,  Kan.,  on  July  loth,  Companies  C, 
E,  F  and  G  of  the  3d  Cavalry;  Companies  A  and  F  of  the  2d  Artillery, 
and  Company  F  of  the  4th  Artillery,  consisting  of  379  officers  and  men 
under  the  command  of  Major  W.  F.  Randolph. 

The  troops  from  Fort  Niobrara,  Neb.,  under  the  command  of  Colonel 
Gordan,  occupied  position  at  Brighton  Park.  Two  companies  of  Infantry 
at  Federal  Building:  one  company  of  Infantry,  two  troops  of  Cavalry  and 
battery  of  artillery  at  Western  avenue  viaduct. 

The  balance  of  the  United  States  troops,  excepting  those  located  at 


the  different  railway  stations  as  stated  in  General  Miles'  order  to  Colonel 
Crofton,  were  mobilized  and  camped  on  the  Lake  Front  Park,  between 
Monroe  and  I2th  streets. 

The  total  number  of  ofhcers  and  men  in  the  above  commands  nvmi- 
bered  1936. 


UNITED  STATES  MARSHAL'S  OFFICE. 

Lhiited  States  Marshal  Arnold  commenced  increasing  his  force  on  July 
1st,  and  during  the  time  of  the  trouble  had  3,600  Deputy  U.  S.  Marshals 
enrolled  in  the  service  for  the  protection  of  LInited  States  mails  and  in- 
ter-state commerce  freight  on  the  different  railways.  It  was  necessary, 
under  the  orders  received,  to  have  a  number  of  V .  S.  Marshals  accompany 
each  detatchment  of  regular  LT.  S.  troops. 


ILLINOIS  NATIONAL  GUARD. 

On  July  6th  the  First  and  Third  Brigade  were  ordered  mto  service 
under  instructions  from  the  Governor,  and  reported  for  duty  and  were 
assigned  during  the  evening.  This  command  consisted  of  3,170  officers 
and  men. 

The  Second  Brigade,  consisting  of  600  officers  and  men,  reached  here  on 
July  loth  and  were  immediately  assigned  to  places  requiring  protection. 

The  Naval  reserve,  consisting  of  150  men,  were  ordered  into  active 
service,  and  were  under  orders  from  the  General  Commanding  the  Illinois 
National  Guard. 

The  Illinois  National  Guard,  was  under  command  of  CJeneral  H.  A. 
Wheeler,  and  on  July  nth,  occupied  positions  as  follows: 

FIRST   BRIGADE. 

Fi'rs^  Infantry. 

Headquarters,  Pullman. 

3  Companies  at  Pullman. 

2  Companies  at  Burnside  Roundhouse. 

4  Companies  at  Fordham. 

2  Companies  at  South  Chicago. 
I  Company  at  West  Hammond. 


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Second  Infantry, 
Headquarters,  Camp  Wheeler,  Logan  and  Halsted  streets. 
I  Company  at  Fifty-ninth  street  and  Pan  Handle  tracks. 
I   Company  at  Eighty-third  street  and  Vincennes  avenue. 
I  Company  at  Ninety-first  street  and  Stewart  avenue. 
I  Company  at  Sixty-third  and  State  streets. 
I  Company  at  Eighty-third  and  Vincennes  avenue. 

1  Company  at  Fifty-fifth  street  and  F't.  Wayne  tracks. 

2  Companies  at  Union  Stock  Yards. 

4  Companies  at  Sixty-third  and  Harvard  streets. 
Seve)itJi  Infantry. 
Headquarters.  Eighteenth  street  and  Western  avenue. 

3  Companies  Eighteenth  street  and  Western  avenue. 
2  Companies  at  Hawthorne. 

1  Company  at  Riverdale. 

2  Companies  at  Blue  Island. 
20  men  at  Harvey. 

Troop  A. 
Union  Stock  Yaids. 

Battery  D. 

Union  Stock  Yards. 

SECOND    BRIGADE. 

Headquarters,  Camp  Hopkins,  Thirty-fifth  street  and  Wentworth  avenue. 

FoiirtJi  Infantry. 

5  Companies  at  Headquarters 

Fifth  Itfantty. 

6  Companies  at  Headquarters. 

Battery  A. 
Headquarters,  Camp  Hopkins. 

THIRD    BRIGADE. 

General  Welch  Commanding. 
Headquarters,  Thirty-fifth  street  and  Stanton  avenue. 
2  Companies  at  Fort  Wayne  tracks,  north  of  Thirty-ninth  street. 

2  Companies  at  Fort  Wayne  tracks  and  Twentieth  street. 

3  Companies  at  Brighton  Park. 
I   Company  at  headquarters. 

Sixth  Infantry. 
Headquarters.  Thirty-fifth  street  and  Stanton  avenue. 
3  Companies  at  Union  Stock  Yards,  Forty-second  and  Halsted  streets. 
I   Company,  Fort   Wayne  tracks  from  Twenty-seventh  to  Twenty-ninth 
streets. 


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2  Companies,  C. ,  R.  I.  i!i:  P.  tracks.  Thirty-first  to  Thirty-ninth  streets. 

1  Company,  C,  R.  I.  &  P.  tracks,  Twenty-ninth  to  Thirty-first  streets. 

2  Companies.  Thirty-fifth  street  and  Wentworth  avenue. 

Tjvop  B. 
Union  Stock  Yards. 


INDIANA  STATE  MILITIA. 

Governor  Matthews  responded  promptly  to  the  call  for  State  troops, 
and  fifteen  companies  of  infantry,  with  a  Gatling  gun,  comprising  756 
officers  and  men,  reported  for  duty  at  and  near  Hammond,  Indiana. 

The  Sheriff  of  Lake  county  also  employed  twenty-five  deputies. 


SHERIP^F  OF  COOK  COUNTY. 

The  Sheriff  of  Cook  county  increased  his  forces  by  swearing  in  250 
deputies;  and  over  100  railway  employes  were  enrolled  by  him. 

He  was  called  upon  to  protect  the  movement  of  trains,  passenger  and 
freight,  between  the  city  limits  and  boundary  of  Cook  county. 


POLICE  DEPARTMENT. 


The  General  Superintendent  of  Police  reports  that  in  the  neighborhood 
of  3,000  men  were  used  during  the  time  of  the  trouble,  and  were  under 
orders  night  and  day.  In  addition  to  this  they  had  fifty  patrol  wagons, 
eight  supply  wagons,  five  ambulance  wagons,  and  250  horses.  The  dis- 
position of  the  men  were  as  follows  : 

Central  Division,  in  command  of  Capt.  John  Byrne,         .         -         -         lyy 

Including  officers  detailed  along  the  tracks  and  used  by  Ills. 
Central  R.  R.  Co.,  riding  on  I.  C.  trains,  on  reserve  duty  at 
the  station  subject  to  call,  and  those  transferred  temporarily 
to  Inspector  Hunt,  Commanding  Hyde  Park  and  Stock  Yards 
Districts. 


First  Division,  in  command  of  Inspector  J.  E.  Fitzpatrick,     -         -         613 

Including  ihose  on  reserve  duty.  This  force  was  used  upon 
all  the  railroads  wherever  necessary  in  that  portion  of  the  South 
divisi(m  of  City  of  Chicago  north  of  39th  street,  and  extend- 
ing out  to  Brighton  Park. 

Second  Division,  in  command  of  Inspector  Nicholas  Hunt,     -         -        700 

Including  those  on  reserve  duty.  These  men  were  used  in 
guarding  and  patrolling  all  railroad  property  south  of  39th 
street  to  city  limits,  including  Stock  Yards. 

Third  Dii'ision,  m  command  of  Inspector  Lyman  Lewis.         -        -        900 

Including  those  on  reserve  and  those  sent  to  Inspector  Hunt 
for  emergencies.  The  balance  of  this  force  was  detailed 
wherever  necessary  along  the  tracks  of  the  Northern  Pacific, 
the  Pittsburgh  &  Ft.  Wayne,  the  C,  B.  &  O.,  Chicago  & 
N.  W..  C.  M.  &  St.  P.,  the  Pan  Handle,  and  other  roads 
traversing  that  portion  of  the  West  division  lying  south  of 
W.  Kinzie  street. 

Fourth  Division,  in  command  of  Inspector  M.  J.  Schaack.       -         -       590 

Including  those  on  reserve  duty.  Fifty  of  these  men  were 
sent  to  Inspector  Hunt  for  emergencies,  and  were  assigned 
to  duty  at  the  Stock  Yards  and  elsewhere  in  that  division. 
The  balance  of  this  force  was  assigned  to  duty  along  the 
tracks  of  the  C.  &  N.  W.  R.  K.,  C.,M.  c\:  .St.  P.,  and  a  large 
number  were  necessary  to  guard  extensive  yards  and  shops  of 
these  roads  at  West  40th  street. 


Total,  ------  3,000 

The  Chicago  Hussars  reported  for  duty  to  the  Mayor  and  were  assigned 
to  duty  at  the  Stock  Yards. 

13,767  officers  and  men,  is  the  number  reported  by  the  different  parties 
in  charge  of  the  military  and  civic  forces. 

Many  verbal  conferences  were  held  with  General  Miles,  Colonel 
Crofton,  Marshal  Arnold,  General  Wheeler,  Sherift'  (nlbert.  Mayor 
Hopkins  and  General  Superintendent  of  Police  Brennan. 

Telephone  requests  on  some  of  the  above  offices  were  nearly  con- 
tinual during  a  part  of  the  time. 


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The  most  important  of  the   above  requests  were   also  submitted  in 
-writing  and  the  office  files  show  the  following  number: 

June  28th,  -         -  3        July    7th,     -        -        -        46 

"     29th,     -         -         -     II  "      8th,         -         -         -     24 

"     30th, 
July  1st, 


3 

July  7th, 

II 

"   8th, 

35 

"  9th. 

20 

"  loth. 

37 

"  nth. 

33 

"  i2th, 

37 

'■  13th, 

38 

"  14th, 

86 

J- 


"  2d,  -        -        -        37  "  nth,  -        -        -        27 

"  3d,  -        -        -    23  "  i2th,        -        -        -     i; 

"  4t:ti,  -        '        -        37  '■  13th,  -        -        -         15 

"  5tli,  -        -        -    38  "  14th,        -        -        -     10 

"  6th,  - 

After  the  14th  of  July,  the  letters  written  decreased  materially. 
The    number   of   men  employed  and    assigned  by   this  office    to  the 
different  lines,  is  as  follows : 

June  30th, 

July  1st  and  2d,    - 

''    3d,     -        -        ■ 

"     4th,        -         - 

"     5th,    -         -         . 

"     6th, 

"     7th,    - 

•'     8th  and  9th.  - 

Total,         ...-_..-       2,205 


135 

July 

loth. 

-  I3« 

194 

" 

nth, 

123 

183 

" 

1 2th. 

-  H4 

190 

" 

13th. 

99 

263 

" 

14th, 

-   86 

102 

15th  and  i6th,  - 

53 

200 

" 

17th,   - 

-   46 

214 

1 8th, 

65 

Over  400  applications  by  mail  were  answered.  Numbers  of  these  par- 
ties desired  to  bring  men  with  them,  which  would  increase  the  number 
seeking  work  to  at  least  one  thousand  persons  for  all  classes  of  work. 


In  conclusion  allow  me  to  return  to  each  individual  member  of  the 
Association  my  sincere  thanks  for  the  hearty  supjiort  given  and  the  pa- 
tience they  exhibited  at  different  times  when  this  office  was  engaged  for 
the  moment  with  matters  on  other  lines. 

Respectfully, 

JOHN  M.  EGAN. 


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EXTRACTS  FROM  THE  PRESS. 


INDUSTRIAL   BANDITS. 


FROM   "  THE   WALL   STREET   NEWS,"'   JULY   2,    1894. 


Railroad  management  in  this  country  has  reached  a  crisis  compared 
with  which  all  past  experiences  become  insignificant.  Just  when  the  bi- 
tuminous coal  miners'  strike  had  been  settled  and  it  began  to  look  as  if 
there  was  some  hope  of  the  railroads  being  able  to  earn  something  more 
than  operating  expenses,  the  wheels  on  every  road  from  the  eastern 
slope  of  the  Mississippi  Valley  to  the  Pacific  Coast  are  either  actually 
stopped,  or  active  preparations  are  under  way  to  bring  them  to  a  standstill 
— on  nearly  all  the  principal  western  trunk  lines,  the  suspension  of  traffic 
has  already  taken  place.  Never  was  the  action  of  the  railroad  of^cials 
more  important,  never  were  the  principles  involved  more  vital  to  the  suc- 
cessful operation  of  our  great  railroad  properties,  than  the  present 
moment.  The  annual  traffic  revenue  of  the  railroads  of  the  United  States 
amounts  to  considerably  more  than  a  thousand  million  dollars;  it  is  pro- 
posed to  stop  this  revenue  and  in  so  doing  to  cripple  or  destroy  every 
business  enterprise  throughout  the  country  which  is  dependent  upon  the 
railroads  for  transportation,  while  a  few  hot-headed  labor  leaders  settle  a 
question  of  difference  which  has  arisen  wholly  outside  of  the  management 
of  the  railroad  companies  themselves. 

It  is  absolutely  of  no  consequence  whatever,  whether  the  position  taken 
by  Mr.  Pullman,  or  the  Pullman  Palace  Car  Company,  is  right  or  wrong; 
that  question  is  in  no  way  involved.  To  raise  it  to  the  dignity  of  a  mo- 
ment's consideration  is  to  concede  that  the  leaders  pf  any  labor  organiza- 
tion have  the  right  to  stop  the  turning  of  the  wheels  on  150,000  miles  of 


railroad,  while  they  settle  a  dispute  with  the  manufacturer  of  axle  grease, 
without  the  liberal  use  of  which  it  is,  of  course,  unsafe  to  move  trains. 
Or  they  might  pick  a  quarrel  with  a  car  wheel  manufacturer  and  then 
insist  that  all  the  wheels  made  by  the  concern  should  be  taken  off  and 
replaced  by  others,  before  the  trains  would  be  allowed  to  move  again. 
Indeed  these  propositions  would  be  more  reasonable  than  the  demand 
now  made,  for  there  are  numerous  manufacturers  of  axle  grease  and  of 
car  wheels,  but  with  the  exception  of  one  other  company  whose  cars  are 
fully  employed  on  a  few  lines,  there  are  no  sleeping  or  palace  cars  except 
those  made  by  the  Pullman  company.  President  Depew,  of  the  New 
York  Central,  stated  the  matter  very  tersely  to  a  representative  of  The 
Wall  Street  Daily  Nnvs  on  Saturday  when  he  said : 

"  The  spirit  of  the  strike,  as  I  understand  it,  is  by  closing  up  the  rail- 
roads and  detaining  travelers  all  over  the  country  wherever  they  may  be  to 
create  a  public  opinion  which  will  compel  the  manufacturing  company  to 
secure  work  and  do  it,  no  matter  what  the  loss  may  be.  With  the  rela- 
tions between  the  manufacturing  company  and  their  employes  the  railway  . 
companies  have  nothing  to  do,  ami  it  is  none  of  their  business.  That  is  a 
matter  which  ought  to  be  adjusted  by  the  parties  immediately  concerned. 
But  precisely  how  stopping  thousands  of  people  on  the  arid  plains  of  Ari- 
zona and  in  the  super-heated  belt  of  the  Northwest,  many  of  them  women 
and  children,  inany  of  them  travelers  hastening  to  the  bedside  of  dying 
mothers,  wives  or  children,  many  of  them  invalids  who  may  lose  their 
lives  by  the  exposure,  is  to  compel  a  manufacturing  company  to  hnd  con- 
tracts to  build  cars  and  then  build  them,  is  just  one  of  those  problems 
which  the  railway  mind  is  unable  to  grasp." 

It  is  impossible  to  contemplate  the  action  of  the  many  thousands  of 
railway  employes  in  blindly  following  the  mandates  of  an  irresponsible 
leader,  without  a  feeling  of  wonder  and  astonishment,  to  say  nothing  of 
the  disappointment  and  humiliation  which  it  inspires.  The  only  explana- 
tion that  can  be  given  is  that  they  have  done  so  because  they  are  blind. 
But  this  fact  only  augments  the  duty  devolving  upon  the  managers  of  the 
railroads  m  resisting  the  influence  of  the  insolent  and  selfish  charlatans 
who  arrogantly  assume  the  position  of  supreme  dictators,  and  also  in  open- 
ing the  eyes  of  the  poor,  deluded  fellows  who  have  started  to  follow  them. 
There  is  no  middle  ground  for  the  railroad  manager,  and  there  must  be 
no  halting  or  hesitation  in  his  action.  To  parley  with,  or  in  any  way  to 
recognize,  for  a  moment,  the  leaders  of  the  strike,  would  be  a  movement 
fraught  with  the  greatest  danger  to  the  prosperity,  not  alone  of  the  rail- 
roads throughout  the  country,  but  also,  of  the  country  itself.  Railway 
officials,  stand  by  your  guns. 


THK  ri:al  issue  ov  the  strike. 

EDITORIAL. 
FROM  '-THK   OUTLOOK."    NEW   YORK,    JULY   7TH,    I.S94. 


Lyman  Abbott,  D.  D..  Maiiagiiis  Eilitor. 


The  issue  is  not  whether  the  I'uhman  Car  Company  ought  to  have 
submitted  to  arbitration  the  question  what  wages  it  should  pay  to  its  em- 
ployes. It  is  whether  the  American  Railway  Union  shall  determine  when, 
under  what  conditions,  on  what  railroads,  and  in  what  sort  of  cars  the 
people  of  the  United  States  may  travel.  The  Pullman  Car  Company  de- 
cided that  they  could  not  afford  to  pay  the  former  rate  of  wages  to  their 
employes.  Their  employes  decided  that  they  would  not  work  for  less. 
Thereupon  the  Pullman  Car  Company  decided  that  it  would  cease  work 
for  the  present.  For  this  avowed  reason,  and  for  no  other,  the  American 
Railway  Union,  an  organization  of  switchmen,  brakemcn,  firemen,  and  a 
few  engineers  and  conductors,  has  decided  that  no  railroad  shall  carry  any 
Pullman  car  on  its  trains  until  the  Pullman  Car  Company  reopens  its 
works  and  re-employs  its  workmen.  We  repeat  that  the  issue  now  is  not 
between  the  Pullman  Car  Company  and  its  employes;  it  is  not  even 
between  the  great  railroads  and  their  employes;  it  is  between  the  Ameri- 
can Railway  Union  and  the  American  people. 

The  issue  has  only  to  be  stated  in  another  form  to  be  perfectly  clear. 

Suppose  the  railway  employes  had  asked  Congress  to  pass  a  law  pro- 
hibiting all  use  of  Pullman  cars  on  inter-state  commerce  lines  until  the 
Pullman  Car  Company  re-opened  its  works  and  re-employed  its  workmen; 
with  what  derision  would  the  proposition  have  been  received  !  But  what 
they  would  have  then  attempted  to  do  by  lawful  means  they  are  now 
attempting  to  do  by  unlawful  means;  that  is  the  whole  difference. 

Until  the  right  of  the  American  people  to  use  the  highways  of  the 
Nation  is  settled,  all  other  questions  stand  to  one  side.  Tariff,  mconie 
tax,  silver  question,  woman  suffrage,  are  insignificant  compared  with  tlie 
question,  are  we  a  free  people?  The  railway  corporations  will  have  the 
sympathy  and  support  of  substantially  the  entire  Nation  in  this  issue  until 
it  is  settled,  and  settled  aright.  It  would  be  better  to  ride  in  common 
cars,  freight-cars,  cattle-cars,  platform-cars,  or  not  ride  at  all,  than  to  live 
under  a  social  system  which  leaves  the  question  whether  we  may  ride,  and 
when  and  how  we  may  ride,  to  be  determined  by  an  irresponsible  organi- 
zation, formulating  its  decrees  by  secret  committee  and  enforcing  them 
by  mob  violence.  We  can  live  without  railroads,  as  our  fathers  did  before 
us;  but  we  will  not  live  without  liberty. 


It  is  the  paramount  duty  of  every  railroad  official  to  stand  for  the  right 
of  an  unimpeded  traffic  on  his  railroad  line  He  is  standing  for  the  rights 
of  the  American  people.  It  is  the  duty  of  every  stockholder  and  bond- 
holder to  submit  to  any  possible  diminution  of  profits.  Bankruptcy  is 
better  than  despotism:  and  the  word  despotism  is  that  which  masquerades 
under  the  guise  of  democracy.  It  is  the  duty  of  every  mayor,  police- 
officer,  sheriff,  governor,  and,  if  necessary,  the  President  of  the  United 
States,  to  protect  with  all  the  powers  at  their  command  the  right  of  the 
American  people  to  freedom  of  travel  on  their  own  highways.  And  it  is 
the  duty  of  the  public  to  submit  to  any  and  every  inconvenience  rather 
than  yield  for  an  instant  to  the  doctrine  that  our  freedom  of  traffic  is 
dependent  upon  the  pleasure  of  the  American  Railway  Union. 

This  is  The  Outlook's  Fourth  of  July  oration. 


LETTER    FROM    HON.  EUGENE  G.   HAY 

TO   A   GENTLEMAN   IN   CHICAGO. 


Minneapolis,  Minn,  July  7,  1S94.. 
Dear  Sir:  — 

I  am  quite  strongly  of  the  opinion  that  the  present  strike  or  boycott  has 
a  much  deeper  and  more  far  reaching  purpose  than  would  seem  to  be 
generally  believed,  and  which,  if  once  thoroughly  understood,  would  be 
repudiated  by  the  majority  of  those  participating  in  the  strike.  The 
leaders  of  the  A,  R.  U.  are  all  of  them  most  strongly  imbued  with  social- 
istic ideas,  if  in  fact  they  are  not  pronounced  socialists.  Debs  and  Howard 
I  met  when  they  were  managing  the  strike  on  the  Great  Northern  road, 
and  in  my  efforts  as  United  States  Attorney  to  protect  the  railroads  in  the 
running  of  the  mail  trains,  I  learned  to  know  quite  a  little  of  the  trend  of 
their  ideas  and  thoughts.  That  strike  was  intended  by  them  as  a  feeler  to 
test  their  strength,  and  yet  they  hoped  that  it  might  go  to  such  an  extent 
as  to  involve  other  roads,  and  precipitate  a  movement  that  would  revolu- 
tionize the  railroad  business.  That  is  their  purpose  now.  I  will  venture 
the  opinion  that  Mr.  Debs  and  his  associates  will  not  consent  to  any  settle- 
ment of  the  present  trouble  so  long  as  they  have  a  fair  share  of  the  public 
sympathy  and  endorsement.  This  they  will  have  so  long  as  it  is  believed 
that  they  are  fighting  either  directly  or  indirectly  to  better  the  conditions 
of  the  laboring  man.  This,  I  maintain,  is  not  their  real  purpose,  but 
merely  the  ostensible  purpose  under  which  they  hope  to  hold  public  sym- 
pathy while  they  are  accomplishing  their  real  purpose  of  revolutionizing 


not  only  the  transportation  business,  but,  in  the  end,  our  form  of  govern- 
ment. 

During  the  Great  Northern  strike  a  newspaper  reporter  related  to  me  a 
conversation  which  he  had  overheard  between  Uebs,  Howard  and  other 
leaders,  in  which  they  admitted  it  to  be  their  purpose  to  force  the  govern- 
ment ownership  of  the  railroads.  1  believe  that  every  thoughtful  and 
patriotic  man,  whose  mind  has  not  drifted  from  the  moorings  of  sound 
reason,  realizes  that  such  a  paternalism  as  this  would  be  but  the  begmning 
of  the  end  of  popular  government.  The  purpose,  therefore,  of  these  men 
is  to  bring  about  a  revolution  that  will  destroy  our  form  of  government.  I 
have  no  doubt  that  there  are  thousands  of  patriotic  men  connected  with 
this  boycott  who  would  utterly  abhor  such  a  result,  and  wlu)  ijut  need  to  be 
brought  to  a  true  understanding  of  the  aims  and  purposes  of  their  leaders. 

Certain  well  meaning  business  men  who  are  suffering  severely  from  the 
present  disturbance  are  attempting  to  bring  about  some  kind  of  a  com- 
promise settlement.  In  the  view  I  take  of  it,  no  settlement  which  does 
not  comprehend  the  complete  overthrow  of  Debs  and  his  associates,  and 
the  destruction  of  their  organization,  will  be  worth  one  cent  to  the  railroads, 
to  business  interests,  to  vested  rights  of  any  kind,  or  to  the  well  being  of 
the  republic.  Should  the  strike  be  settled  by  the  surrender  of  those  with 
whom  you  are  associated,  the  summer  would  not  end  before  you  are 
involved  in  another.  Much  has  and  will  be  done  for  the  amelioration  of 
mankind  by  the  trades  unions  and  labor  brotherhoods,  but  the  organiza- 
tion with  which  you  now  have  to  contend  is  not  one  of  these.  The  aims  of 
its  leaders  are  political,  not  benevolent.  In  this  contest  you  should  have 
sympathy  and  active  co-operation  of  all  men  who  love  their  country,  and 
I  have  written  this  long  letter  to  suggest  that  an  intelligent  appeal  should 
be  made  through  the  newspapers  and  other  such  avenues  as  may  be  pre- 
sented to  the  patriotism  of  American  manhood,  and  I  believe  it  will  find 
a  quick  response  in  all  classes,  including  a  large  number  of  those  partici- 
pating in  the  strike.  Very  truly  yours, 

EUGENE    C;.    HAY, 


THE  GREAT  STRIKE. 


FROM   "THE   BOSTON   COMMERCIAL   IIULLETIN,"  JULY    7,    1894. 


The  country  is  brought  face  to  face  with  a  manifestation  of  anarchical 
sentiment  that  demands  prompt  and  severe  measures  for  its  suppression. 
The  action  of  Debs  and   his  American  Railway  Union,  supported   to  a 


greater  or  less  degree  by  the  Knights  of  Labor,  and  other  trades  union 
organizations,  constitute  conspiracy  against  government,  order,  and  pubhc 
and  private  interests,  which  calls  for  summary  suppression. 

"Up  to  the  present,  the  general  government  has  acted  promptly  and 
efficaciously;  it  now  remains  for  the  United  States  Courts  to  give  effect  to 
their  injunctions,  by  speedy  proceedings  to  secure  the  arrest  and  incarcer- 
ation of  Debs  and  his  lieutenants,  and  the  officers  of  any  other  organization 
which  aids  his  purpose. 

The  insolent  protests  of  Governors  Altgeld  of  Illmois  and  Waite  of 
Colorado  against  Federal  interference,  were  what  was  be  expected  froni 
them,  and  only  emphasizes  the  spread  of  the  disease  which  infests  the 
body  politic.  It  calls  for  the  united  action  of  all  good  citizens  to  destroy 
the  cancer  which  threatens  the  integrity  of  our  institutions,  and  the  sta- 
bility of  our  social  system. 

The  present  situation  is  a  warning  that  irresponsible,  wanton,  and  even 
incendiary  appeals  to  the  proletariat,  of  which  many  politicians  and  jour- 
nalists have  long  been  guilty,  must  cease.  The  elements  of  order  and 
progress  and  stability  must  make  it  apparent  that  they  are  the  force  which 
must  be  appealed  to  as  arbiters  of  public  questions.  The  general  good 
nature  of  the  American  people,  sympathy  with  the  working  people,  and 
general  optimism  engendered  by  our  great  growth  and  prosperity,  have 
made  us  careless  in  the  drift  of  the  events,  and  oblivious  to  the  fact  that 
liberty  of  speech  and  action  is  degenerating  into  license. 

It  was  not  always  so.  No  student  of  the  early  struggles  of  the  Colonies 
against  the  British  Government  but  is  impressed  by  the  grasp  which  the 
people,  particularly  of  New  England,  had  of  the  far  reaching  conse- 
quences involved  in  comparatively  unimportant  measures  of  the  British 
Ministry.  It  involved  a  knowledge  of  the  foundations  of  constitutional 
liberty  without  which  freedom  and  self  government  on  this  continent 
could  not  have  been  maintained. 

It  has  seemed  to  have  become  a  recognized  privilege  of  strikers,  that 
they  could  with  impunity  destroy  property,  commit  arson  and  murder,  and 
generally  disregard  public  and  private  rights.  In  this  way  they  have  had 
the  unthinking  support  of  a  large  faction  of  the  people.  Any  adequate 
punishment  of  the  leaders,  or  participants  in  these  outrages,  has  never 
been  effected.  It  is  high  time  that  the  laws  against  conspiracy,  and  the 
instigators,  direct  or  indirect,  of  mob  violence  were  strengthened. 

It  is  an  advantage  of  the  present  situation  that  the  otitenses  of  the 
strikers  are  committed  against  the  United  States  by  the  interruption  of 
mails  and  interstate  traffic,  and  are  in  contempt  of  court.  This  will  ena- 
ble the  Federal  judges  if  they  are  disposed  to  punish  promptly  the  leaders 
and  participants  in  the  outrages.  Where  under  the  ordinary  process  a 
striker  can  give  bail  and  have  his  trial  postponed  to  some  distant  day, 
punishment  is  impossible. 


Late  advices  are  that  tlie  railroad  situation  is  somewhat  improved,  liut 
freight  traffic  from  or  to  Chicago  is  virtually  suspended,  and,  to  a  less 
degree,  the  interruption  extends  to  other  western  railroad  centers.  The 
loss  to  the  country  from  the  embargo  enforced  on  its  commerce  is  great, 
and  personal  discomfort  is  greater.  Mills  and  factories  arc  shutting  down 
and  thousands  of  people  are  without  employment' as  a  result  of  the  clos- 
ing of  the  channels  of  communication,  while  the  prices  of  provisions  have 
risen  all  around. 

This  strike  is  the  most  unjustirtable  one  in  the  country's  annals.  The 
question  involved  is  one  that  did  not  concern  the  railroads  or  their  hands. 
They  had  no  connection  with  the  controversy.  The  fact  that  the  business 
of  the  country  is  liable  to  be  paralyzed  to  the  present,  or  even  a  greater 
extent,  by  the  action  of  an  irresponsible  labor  agitator  from  any  cause,  or 
from  no  cause,  demands  that  such  conspiracies  must  be  interdicted.  The 
labor  organizations  and  then"  members  must  be  made  amenable  for  such 
outrages  in  future.  The  law  must  be  strengthened  against  such  contin- 
gency, and  the  sound  element  in  the  country  must  see  that  it  is. 

In  the  present  case  there  must  be  no  giving  way  on  the  part  of  the 
railroad  managers  or  public  officials.  The  strike  must  l)j  broken  utterly. 
It  is  law  and  order  against  anarchy.  For  the  rest,  we  hope  that  all 
attempts  at  riot  at  Chicago  or  elsewhere  will  be  sternly  repressed,  and  the 
authorities  must  not  too  long  delay  administering  Bonaparte's  medicine 
of  the  i8th  Brumaire,  if  the  case  does  not  mend  rapidly. 


DEBS  AS  A  MURDERER. 


FROM    "THE   DAILY   GLOr.E."   ST.    PAUL,    MINN.,    SUNDAY,   JULY   8.   1894. 


The  blood  which  was  shed  at  Chicago  yesterday  rests  upon  the  head 
of  Eugene  V.  Debs,  president  of  the  A.  R.  U. 

He  is  morally  as  guilty  of  murder  as  though  he  had  personally  pulled 
the  trigger  which  took  the  lives  of  his  misguided  followers. 

The  result,  deplorable  as  it  is.  was  inevitable,  and  was  the  logical 
sequel  of  the  lawless  course  inaugurated  by  the  leaders  of  the  present 
strike. 

Assuming,  for  the  sake  of  argument,  that  their  sniveling  hypocrisy  in 
deprecating  violence  was  really  their  genuine  sentiment,  the  strike  leaders 
stand  before  the  world  as  guilty  of  crimes  which  should  bring  them  to  the 
gallows. 


They  have  invoked  the  wind  and  must  reap  the  whirlwind. 

Our  whole  governmental  and  social  fabric  is  at  stake,  and  the  people, 
by  the  million,  are  ready  to  join  in  putting  anarchy  in  a  bloody  grave. 

If  the  president  was  to  call  for  five  thousand  volunteers  to  suppress  the 
crimes  now  being  perpetrated  by  the  lawless  mob  element,  a  million 
would  respond  in  twenty-four  hours. 

Love  of  country,  love  of  home,  love  of  all  that  is  sacred  and  enduring 
in  life,  calls  for  opposition  to  the  red-handed  demons  who  would  destroy 
the  republic  and  place  a  murderous  anarchial  mob  in  control. 

There  is  no  question  as  to  the  final  result.  Blood  has  already  been 
shed,  and  more  may  follow,  but  the  end  is  not  uncertain. 

A  government  founded  on  the  eternal  principle  that  all  men  are 
created  free  and  equal,  entitled  to  life,  liberty  and  the  pursuit  of  happi- 
ness, is  not  to  be  snuffed  out  by  a  gang  of  murderous  conspirators. 

It  is  not  a  question  of  politics. 

It  is  not  a  question  of  the  rights  or  wrongs  of  labor. 

It  is  a  question  of  mob  rule  against  law  and  order,  and  on  that  question 
the  American  people  stand  shoulder  to  shoulder  as  a  rock  of  adamant. 

Manhood,  citizenship,  personal  liberty,  the  right  to  provide  sustenance 
for  wives  and  children,  are  sought  to  be  destroyed. 

Every  mstinct  of  honor,  decency  and  humanity  rises  in  revolt  against 
the  lawless  mob  which  seeks  by  pillage,  arson  and  murder  to  overawe  and 
intimidate  a  free  and  independent  people. 

It  will  not  and  cannot  win. 

The  leaders  of  this  unholy  strike  have  simply  stolen  the  panoply  of 
labor,  which  everyone  respects,  to  compass  their  unholy,  unlawful,  their 
murderous  ends. 

There  can  be  no  compromise  with  lawlessness  and  crime. 

The  Uebsites  have  made  their  bed,  and  the  American  people  will  see 
that  they  occupy  the  couch  of  their  selection. 


PASS. 


FROM  THE  NEW  YORK  "TRIIiUNE,"'  JULY  14. 

So,  Debs,  it's  over.  Well,  it'5  sooner  by  a  few  hours  than  we  expected. 
We  counted  too  much  on  the  permanence  of  your  cure  of  neurasthenia. 
It  was  obvious  several  days  ago  that  the  back-bone  of  the  strike  was 
affected  by  neurasthenia,  but  we  did  not  look  so  soon  for  the  collapse  of  your 
own.  The  language  you  were  engaged  in  throwing  off  led  a  great  many 
persons  unfamiliar  with  the  phenomena  of  your  malady  to  believe  that  your 
spinal  column  was  the  stitfest  thing  on  the  continent.  They  were  in  hopes 
that  you  would  continue  to  assert  your  superiority  to  the  government  of 
the  United  States  until  you  compelled  it  to  back  down.  They  were 
curious  to  see  what  you  would  do  with  it  when  you  once  got  it  subjugated ; 
what  limitations  you  would  place  upon  it,  or  whether  you  would  abolish  it 
altogether.  Their  confidence  in  your  spinal  column  was  increased  when 
they  observed  that  you  had  been  reinforced  by  Sovereign.  For  they  know 
Sovereign  as  a  champion  of  labor  who  carries  between  his  nose  and  chin 
the  capacity  for  keeping  all  the  industries  of  the  country  going,  when  coal, 
steam,  water  power  and  natural  gas  fail,  by  simple  wind.  And  now  some 
of  them  are  thinking  that,  instead  of  helping  you  with  his  wind,  he  Ijlew 
your  back-bone  over. 

But  now  that  it  is  over,  and  you  are  willing  to  let  the  government  of  the 
United  States  continue  business  at  the  old  stand  for  a  while  at  least, 
the  Tribune  would  like  to  ask  if,  when  you  calmly  review  your  career, 
you  think  it  was  really  worth  while?  You've  been  very  lucky,  Debs.  They 
hanged  a  man  yesterday  in  Chicago  for  committing  only  one  murder.  He 
knew  less  than  you  do.  He  sinned  against  less  light.  There's  a  dead 
engineer,  Debs,  lying  under  his  locomotive  in  the  ooze  of  a  river  bottom, 
away  yonder  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  who  wouldn't  have  been  there  but  for 
you.  And  he  never  did  you  harm.  There  was  nothing  the  matter  with 
his  back-bone.  He  was  trying  to  do  his  duty  as  he  understood  it,  and  he 
didn't  weaken  under  threats.  So  the  men  whom  you  enlisted,  whom  you 
guided,  and  whose  willing  obedience  you  commanded,  stealthily  and  mur- 
derously entrapped  him  to  his  death.  There's  a  good  deal  of  significance 
as  well  as  pathos,  Debs,  in  that  dead  engineer  lying  there  in  the  ooze  with 
his  hand  on  the  throttle.  Means  a  great  deal  more,  Debs,  for  the  dignity 
of  labor;  for  its  honor;  for  the  trust  that  can  be  reposed  in  it;  for  its 
knightly  character  and  heroic  courage^the  dead  hand  on  the  throttle 
does — than  all  the  sounding  proclamations  that  have  gone  out  from  your 
hand  during  the  last  fortnight. 

Others  are  lying  dead  over  the  whole  stretch  of  country  on  which  your 
influence  has  burned  its  trapk  who  would  have  been  living  but  for  you. 


Thousands  arc  idle  who  but  for  you  would  have  been  reaping  the  fruits  of 
industry  in  contentment.  Thousands  of  families  are  in  distress  and 
misery,  who  a  fortnight  ago  were  comfortable  and  happy,  and  might  have 
continued  so  had  you  not  ordered  the  bread-winners  to  throw  down  their 
tools  and  walk  out  into  vagrancy  and  vagabondage.  Through  your  orders 
busmess  has  been  suspended,  trade  and  commerce  brought  to  a  standstill, 
and  all  productive  industry  discontinued  through  whole  neighborhoods  and 
over  a  wide  extent  of  country.  No  man  ever  did  so  much  mischief,  ever 
brewed  such  trouble,  spread  abroad  such  distress  and  misery,  ever  caused 
such  a  sacrifice  of  life  and  made  so  many  families  wretched,  with  so  little 
personal  inconvenience  or  loss  and  so  little  personal  peril.  For  through 
it  all  your  salary  has  gone  right  on.  Gone  on  just  as  though  it  were 
not  wrung  from  your  victims. 

And  what  have  you  got  for  it.  Debs  ?  Your  picture  has  been  printed  in 
a  great  many  newspapers.  Your  proclamations  and  pronuncianientos  in 
a  great  many  more.  You  are  known  by  name  to-day  wherever  the  English 
language  is  spoken.  lt"s  a  wide  notoriety.  Don't  mistake  it  for  fame, 
Debs.  For  it  isn't.  It  is  an  unwholesome,  nauseating  notoriety.  You 
have  had  a  stomachful  of  it.  And  now  that  you  are  about  to  pass  out  of 
it  into  the  obscurity  from  which  you  should  never  have  emerged,  we  ask 
you  in  all  candor,  Was  it  worth  while  ? 


THE  TYRANNY  THAT  HURTS. 


MATTHEW   MARSHALL  IN  THE   N.    Y.    "SUN."  JULY   l6. 

It  is  indeed  pitiable  to  think  how  the  workingmen  of  the  country  are 
dominated  by  such  blatant  impostors  as  those  who  have  led  this  strike, 
and  every  other  great  strike  in  this  country  for  the  last  twenty  years.  The 
evidence  is  abundant  that  in  the  present  case  80  per  cent,  and  more  of  the 
strikers  did  not  wish  to  strike,  and  were,  in  fact,  opposed  to  striking,  but 
were  dragooned  into  it  by  the  other  20  per  cent,  or  less  who  were  more 
turbulent  and  lawless.  In  the  last  fortnight,  too,  the  newspapers  have 
been  filled  with  accounts  of  engineers,  firemen  and  switchmen  threatened, 
beaten  and  even  killed  by  strikers,  because  they  persisted  in  remaining  at 
work.  Thousands  of  those  who  by  threats  of  such  treatment  were  forced 
to  surrender  their  places  are  applying  for  them  in  vain,  because  those 
places  have  been  filled.  Nothing  is  left  to  them  but  to  wander  about  in 
search  of  jobs,  and  in  the  present  condition  of  business  they  are  likely  to 


search  fora  long  while  without  finding  them.  In  the  face  of  this  notorious 
fact  it  makes  one  indignant  to  read  the  protestations  of  the  strike  leaders 
and  their  sympathizers  against  the  tyranny  of  capital  and  the  unwarranted 
interference  of  the  government  in  protecting  non-strikers  from  bodily 
harm. 


NEW   ORLEANS    "  PICAYUNE  "  (l)EM.) 

To  make  one   Debs  requires   the   material  of  many  tliousand  foolish 
men,  bound  to  obey  his  orders. 


OF  ONE  VOICE. 


THE    PREiSIPENT   SUSTAINED    BY   PATRIOTIC   JOURNALS   NOR  111    AND 

SOUTH. 


FROM  THE  "CHICAGO  HERALD"  (DEM.) 

In  availing  of  an  extraordinary  crisis  during  which  laws  arc  openly 
defied,  peace  disturbed,  and  the  commerce  and  trade  of  the  city  par- 
alyzed, to  engage  in  prolix  and  contentious  correspondence  with  the 
President,  Gov.  Altgeld  has  made  a  pitiable  exhibition  which  the  President 
in  his  latest  message  to  the  Governor  kindly  and  manfully  rebukes.  The 
President's  language  is  temperate  and  patriotic.  "  While  I  am  still  per- 
suaded that  I  have  neither  transcended  my  authority  nor  duty  in  the 
emergency  that  confronts  us,  it  seems  to  me  in  the  hour  of  danger  and 
public  distress,  discussion  may  well  give  way  to  active  effort  of  all  in  au- 
thority to  restore  obedience  to  law  and  to  protect  life  and  property." 

This  is  an  admirable  injunction,  which  Gov.  Altgeld  should  accept  and 
adopt,  and  which  every  man  loyal  to  the  United  States  and  devoted  to  his 
country  and  to  his  family  should  also  apply  to  his  own  conduct. 


FROM    "'HARPER'S   WEEKLY"  (IND.) 

The  issue  is  one  which  involves  the  existence  of  the  Government,  and 
there  has  been  no  crisis  in  all  our  history  the  facts  of  which  made  a 
stronger  appeal  to  the  patriotism  and  intelligence  of  the  people  as  a  whole 


to  make  every  necessary  sacrifice  for  its  preservation.  The  one  duty  of 
the  hour  is  to  crush  the  rebelhon,  to  assert  the  right  and  the  power  of  our 
free  institutions  to  protect  themselves  against  usurpation  and  anarchy. 
Until  the  rebellion  is  suppressed,  all  differences  of  opinion  concerning  its 
origin,  or  the  merits  of  the  parties  to  the  dispute  out  of  which  it  grew,  are 
irrelevant  to  the  issue  of  the  hour,  and  must  wait  for  the  future.  Present 
action  must  clear  the  field  for  future  discussion. 


FROM   THE   ST.    PAUL  "  GLOl'.E  "  (DEM.) 

Popular  sentiment  is  overwhelmingly  against  the  crime,  and  the  time 
has  come  when  all  the  force  of  the  Government,  sustained  by  the  judi- 
ciary and  the  military,  should  be  called  into  play,  and,  backed  by  the 
millions  of  people  who  love  home  and  country,  stamp  the  hydra-headed 
monster  of  Anarchy  from  American  soil  forever.  The  issue  has  been 
made,  not  by  the  patriotic,  law-abiding  people,  but  it  should  be  accepted 
by  that  class  and  fought  to  the  finish. 


FROM    THE   SPRINCIFIELD    "REPUBLICAN"   (IND.   REP.) 

When  Sumter  IS  being  fired  upon,  peace  conferences  are  at  an  end, 
and  must  remain  at  an  end  until  the  firing  stops  and  the  assailants  of  the 
Government  have  laid  down  their  arms.  That  is  the  situation  now. 
There  is  no  room  for  retreat  and  compromise  unless  we  are  prepared  to 
cut  the  very  bonds  that  bind  society  together.  Are  the  people  so  pre- 
pared ?     Not  yet. 


FROM   THE   P.UFFAI.O   "COMMERCIAP"   (REP.) 

The  answer  given  by  President  Cleveland  to  the  Governor's  second 
protest  and  demand  for  the  withdrawal  of  troops  is  a  curt,  yet  dignified 
and  richly  deserved  rebuke  to  a  magistrate  who  is  capable  of  embarrassing 
tlie  forces  of  law  and  order  by  raising  such  a  controversy  in  such  a  crisis. 


STOP  AND  THINK. 


NEW   YORK     "MAIL  AND   EXPRESS"  (REP.) 

Tlie  London  Times  declares  that  "  Debs  and  his  coadjutors  have  done 
as  much  to  harm  the  industries  of  America  in  a  week  as  the  Confederate 
armies  did  m  a  montli."  The  figures  that  count  the  cost  of  the  great  boy- 
cott ahnost  sustain  this  astonishing  assertion. 

The  losses  of  all  the  railroads  centering  at  Chicago  are  estimated  at 
from  it'SjOOO.ooo  to  $8,000  coo.  This  is  not  all.  The  commission  merchants 
and  other  dealers  in  perishaljle  stulfs  at  Chicago  estimate  their  loss  on 
perishable  commodities  at  not  less  than  ifi  1,000,000,  while  outside  shippers, 
who  rushed  their  produce  to  Chicago  in  anticipation  of  a  food  famine, 
will  claim  $1,000,000  for  consignments  left  to  decay  upon  the  tracks  by 
reason  of  the  strike.  Outside  of  this  property  loss,  for  which  the  city  of 
Chicago  will  largely  be  held  responsible,  is  the  expense  of  the  Federal 
government  to  subdue  the  insurrection,  estimated  at  $1,000,000. 

The  first  month  of  the  war  of  the  rebellion  was  certainly  not  as  expen- 
sive as  the  hrst  week  of  the  boycott,  and  what  was  all  this  loss  for  ?  Had 
the  railroad  men  any  grievance  ?  Not  as  alleged.  They  struck  because 
they  "  sympathized  "  with  the  2,000  workmen  at  Pullman.  These  work- 
men demanded  increased  wages,  which  could  not  be  paid  because  it  meant 
a  loss,  and  the  shops  were  accordingly  closed.  Then  the  strikers 
demanded  that  the  shops  should  be  opened  and  run  at  a  loss  if  need  be. 
The  demand  was  refused  and  the  boycott  of  all  the  railways  drawing  Pull- 
man cars  was  begun. 

The  railways  of  the  United  States  have  been  passing  through  a  period 
of  unprecedented  hardship.  It  is  estimated  that  nearly  20  per  cent,  of 
them  went  into  the  hands  of  receivers  last  year,  and  accordmg  to  reliable 
figures  just  printed  the  earnings  of  all  our  railways  during  the  past  half 
year  show  a  loss  of  nearly  $100,000,000  compared  with  those  of  the  corres- 
ponding six  months  of  the  preceding  year.  What  part  of  this  loss  must 
labor  bear?  We  are  indebted  to  the  Wait  Street  Journal  iox  the  following 
table,  which  is  of  particular  value  at  this  time.  It  shows  the  annual 
expenditures  and  the  proportion  of  expenditures  which  goes  to  labor,  of 
ten  of  the  greatest  railroads  : 

Total  Proportion  Per  cent, 

expenses.  for  laV)or.  of  labor. 

Lake  Shore , $16,110,887  $10,2.^9,107  63.50 

N.  Y.  Central 30,631,733  17,284,288  S6.44 

N.  Y.,  C.  &  St.  L 5,236,118  2.668,581  50.93 

Erie , 20.271,696  10.310,499  50.86 

N.  Y..  N.  H.  &n   12,405,934  7,8;^.470  63.34 

Phil.  &  Reading 25,641,916  17,850,301  69,62 

Pennsylvania 49,695,074  35,696,420  67.81 

C,  M.  &  St.  Paul 2i,658,.332  14, .585, 874  57.35 

C,  B.  &  Q 21,792,354  14,462,042  66.37 

Northwestern .' 21,291,738  13,696,761  64.33 


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This  table  reveals  the  startling  fact  that  a  boycott  of  the  railways  by 
labor  means  a  boycott  of  labor  by  itself.  More  than  60  per  cent,  of  all  the 
expenditures  of  railways  are  for  labor.  The  reduction  of  their  income 
during  the  past  six  months  by  |;i03,ooo,ooo  obviously  meant  a  reduction  in 
expenditures  and  a  vast  loss  in  the  payments  to  employes.  How  much 
greater  proportionately  was  the  loss  during  the  boycott  occasioned  by  the 
entire  stoppage  of  railway  business  ? 

Of  all  the  senseless  boycotts  the  most  senseless,  destructive  and  un- 
warranted is  that  which  seeks  to  cripple  and  destroy  the  railway  system  of 
the  country.  Such  a  boycott,  if  successful,  would  inflict  greater  injury  on 
the  people,  and  especially  on  the  working  masses,  than  the  destruction  of 
a  multitude  of  prosperous  industries. 


CALIFORNIA'S  LOSS  BY  THE  BOYCOTT. 


NEW  YORK  "TIMES"  (DEM.) 

No  State  has  suffered  more  severely  on  account  of  Debs  and  his  boycott 
than  California,  and  it  can  easily  be  seen  that  nearly  all  the  loss  falls  upon 
the  agriculturists.  Before  the  begmning  of  the  boycott  the  prospect  of  an 
exceptionally  large  and  good  crop  of  fruit  encouraged  the  expectation  that 
better  times  were  at  hand  and  prosperity  would  soon  succeed  depression. 
But  the  boycott  has  deprived  the  State  of  the  expected  benefit,  by  pre- 
venting all  shipments  of  fruit  just  at  the  time  when  such  shipments  must 
be  made,  if  they  are  made  at  all.  In  an  ordinary  season,  for  example,  250 
carloads  of  fresh  fruit  are  shipped  every  day  to  the  East,  from  the  San 
Jose  district,  but  the  blockade  this  year  has  left  this  fruit  on  the  growers' 
hands.  Thousands  of  tons  of  the  choicest  early  grapes,  apricots,  peaches, 
and  pears  have  rotted  in  the  orchards  of  all  the  fruit-growing  districts.  In 
counties  where  hundreds  of  acres  of  trees  have  borne  fruit  this  year  for  the 
first  time,  the  owners  are  worse  off  than  they  would  have  been  without  this 
additional  acreage.  In  many  districts  there  was  scarcely  any  provision  for 
saving  the  fruit  by  drying  or  canning  it,  and  in  some  places  where  there 
are  canning  factories  the  canners  have  been  forced  to  stop  work  because 
they  could  get  no  sugar.  It  is  the  opinion  of  some  observing  Californians 
that  the  strike  and  boycott  have  delayed  by  a  full  year  in  that  State  the 
recovery  from  the  depression  caused  by  the  silver  panic. 


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THE   ENGINEERS   AND  DEBS. 


NEW   YORK    "TRIBUNE"   (REP.) 

Chief  Arthur,  of  the  Brotherhood  of  Locomotive  Engineers,  has  again 
vindicated  his  claim  to  be  considered  the  most  clear-headed  and  far-seeing 
of  the  labor  leaders  of  the  country.  In  general  the  attitude  of  this 
Brotherhood  has  been  such  as  to  inspire  confidence  and  respect.  This  is 
certainly  true  of  its  course  in  connection  with  the  recent  absurd  boycott. 
In  answer  to  Debs's  complaint  that  engineers  have  been  ordered  to  work 
with  "scab  "  firemen,  Mr.  Arthur  says  that  the  members  of  his  Brother- 
hood have  been  advised  to  "  attend  strictly  to  their  own  busmess  as  engi- 
neers," and  to  run  their  engines  without  regard  to  the  men  employed  by 
the  companies  as  firemen.  There  is  nothing  of  the  ''  sympathetic  strike  '' 
in  this,  and  of  course  Debs  and  Company  will  be  dissatisfied.  But  we  do 
not  suppose  that  Chief  Arthur  is  especially  anxious  to  win  Debs's  favor. 


CHICAGO    "RECORD"   (DEM.) 

The  past  tense  of  "  strike  ''  is  "  stricken,"  as  the  promoters  of  a  far- 
reaching  strike,  together  with  many  other  people,  will  be  likely  to  find  out 
to  their  sorrow. 


WHY  DEBS  MUST  FAIL. 


EDITORIAL  CHICAGO    "'HERALD,'"   JULY   5,    1894. 

That  the  Debs  boycott  is  a  blunder  amounting  to  a  crmie  must  be 
apparent  to  every  well-disposed  citizen  of  Chicago  to-day. 

It  was  ordered  without  reflection  or  foresight,  without  consultation  and 
without  regard  to  consequences.  It  has  been  pursued  recklessly  and  law- 
lessly. It  has  inflicted  immeasurable  injury  on  hundreds  of  thousands  of 
workingmen  and  has  had  absolutely  no  effect  whatever  on  the  Pullman 
interest  against  which  it  was  ostensibly  aimed. 

American  labor  is  too  intelligent  and  too  patriotic  to  be  thus  mislead, 
American  labor  has  won  too  many  honorable  triumphs  to  invite  defeat  and 
disgrace  by  making  common  cause  with  a  man  who  begins  a  battle  by 
training  his  guns  on  his  friends.  The  working  people  of  Chicago  are  the 
chief  victims  of  the  present  boycott. 

Mr.  Debs  has  made  a  mistake.  The  best  friends  of  organized  labor 
will  concede  this  much.  Mr.  Debs  has  blundered.  If  he  is  as  wise  a  man 
as  his  admirers  assume  he  will  admit  the  fact  and  retrace  his  steps.     He 


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will  resume  operations,  if  at  all,  on  other  lines  the  pursuit  of  which  may 
possibly  lead  to  success. 

As  now  directed  this  movement  can  result  in  nothing  but  disaster  to 
every  material  interest  involved.  It  is  not  possible  that  organized  labor 
can  be  so  blind  to  its  own  welfare,  so  reckless  of  the  duties  of  citizenship, 
so  infatuated  with  the  bluster  and  braggadocio  of  a  few  professional 
agitators,  as  to  follow  a  leader  who  at  this  moment  is  in  rebellion  against 
the  United  States  and  who  can  triumph  on  the  course  that  he  has  mapped 
out  only  as  he  triumphs  over  the  government  to  which  all  Americans  owe 
allegiance. 

As  a  sincere  well  wisher  of  every  man  who  earns  his  bread  by  honest 
toil,  as  one  that  has  demonstrated  its  friendship  for  labor  in  a  hundred 
ways,  as  a  counsellor  having  at  heart  the  best  interests  of  the  thousands  of 
men  who  are  now  tempted  to  throw  their  influence  on  the  side  of  this  un- 
wise and  impossible  insurrection,  the  HtTald  entreats  every  inhabitant 
of  Chicago  to  uphold  the  law. 

There  are  other  voices,  but  they  are  not  the  voices  of  reason.  There 
is  other  advice,  but  it  is  not  the  advice  of  friends.  There  are  malevolent 
self-seekers,  notoriety  hunters  and  incendiaries  in  and  out  of  newspaper 
offices,  but  they  are  unworthy  popular  confidence.  They  may  be  mis- 
chievous in  stirring  up  strife.     They  will  be  powerless  to  compose  it. 

Mr.  Debs'  boycott  is  not  a  strike.  It  is  not  a  legitimate  movement  in 
behalf  of  labor.  It  is  rebellion  against  the  United  States.  It  cannot 
succeed. 

The  movement  for  the  resumption  of  commerce  and  industry,  for  the 
unimpeded  passage  of  the  mails  and  for  the  enforcement  of  the  processes 
of  the  federal  courts  is  backed  and  will  be  supported  by  all  the  power  of 
the  greatest  government  on  earth.  It  does  not  consider  and  will  not  notice 
the  smaller  issues  involved.  It  concerns  itself  simply  with  the  restoration 
of  peace  and  the  vindication  of  the  paramount  authority  of  the  United 
States.     It  cannot  fail. 


TIME  TO  PUT  DOWN  LAWLESSNESS. 


EDITORIAL   CHICAGO   "RECORD,"   JULY   7,    1894. 

With  yesterday's  acts  of  open  lawlessness  in  certain  parts  of  the  city 
and  its  environs  all  phases  of  the  present  strike  have  become  secondary  to 
the  imperative  necessity  of  maintaining  the  peace.  The  conspicuous  fea- 
tures of  the  day's  proceedings  speak  for  themselves.  There  is  no  need  to 
exaggerate  them  or  to  indulge  in  idle  alarmist  reports  to  acquaint  the 
public  with  the  fact  that  the  e.vents  which  have  occurred  along  the  lines 


of  certain  railways  arc  in  open  conflict  with  the  law.  The  truth  is  suffi- 
cient, and  the  truth  is  that  yesterday  cars  were  overturned,  sacked  and 
burned;  private  property  attacked  and  destroyed;  assaults  made  upon 
innocent  men  in  the  pursuit  of  their  duty;  officers  of  the  law  set  at  defi- 
ance, and  deeds  of  riot  and  pillage  planned  and  carried  out  in  the  face  of 
the  men  authorized  to  secure  the  peace.  To  permit  the  continuance  of 
such  scenes  is  to  strike  at  the  roots  of  government  itself.  No  step  that 
may  be  necessary  to  compel  a  return  to  conditions  of  peace  is  too  severe, 
and  preparations  for  such  a  step  were  taken  yesterday  in  the  calling  out  of 
three  regiments  of  militia  at  the  request  of  the  mayor.  These,  in  coiiper- 
ation  with  the  regular-army  detachment  already  here,  and  the  police, 
must  be  looked  to  for  the  suppression  of  riot  and  turbulence.  The  mili- 
tary forces  are  already  encamped  in  this  city  in  readiness  to  go  where  they 
may  be  needed. 

It  has  been  asserted  that  all  the  men  engaged  in  these  riotous  proceed- 
ings are  not  strikers,  and  no  doubt  the  mobs  engaged  in  the  work  of  pillage 
have  been  largely  augmented  by  idle  hoodlums  with  no  other  wish  than 
an  opportunity  to  set  the  law  at  defiance.  But  unfortunately  these  mani- 
festations are  directed  against  the  same  corporate  interests  against  which 
the  strikers  are  warring,  and  follow  too  closely  the  strike  itself  to  be  set 
down  as  the  outgrowth  of  any  other  cause.  Justly  or  not  the  riots  will  be 
identified  in  the  public  mind  with  the  contest  of  the  strikers  unless  the 
latter  consent  to  stay  away  from  the  railway  property,  and  insist  upon  a 
similar  action  on  the  part  of  their  friends.  It  is  time  for  all  the  men 
engaged  in  this  law-breaking  to  understand  that  the  authorities  are  to 
stop  temporizing  and  are  going  to  resort  to  drastic  measures.  Those 
strikers  who  are  engaged  in  violence  will  simply  be  inviting  defeat  and 
disaster  to  the  cause  which  they  seek  to  serve.  If  the  temper  of  the 
strikers  is  such  that  they  cannot  take  this  counsel  from  any  one  else  they 
should  at  least  heed  the  advice  of  Mr.  Debs,  their  own  leader,  who,  in  a 
proclamation  to  the  striking  employes  yesterday,  told  them  that  those  who 
are  engaged  in  violence  are  the  real  enemies  of  the  strike. 

With  this  understanding  as  to  the  necessity  of  stopping  mob  violence 
at  once  and  by  any  means  that  may  be  needed,  it  behooves  the  authorities 
to  take  measures  immediately  to  check  every  violation  of  law.  The  situa- 
tion to-day  may  easily  bring  about  an  ugly  riot,  and  the  prospects  for  to- 
night and  for  to-morrow,  when  the  usual  crowds  will  be  augmented  by 
Sunday  sight-seers,  are  not  pleasant.  But  whatever  happens,  it  but 
remains  for  Mr.  Hopkins  and  the  others  in  authority  to  proceed  to  put 
down  turbulence  with  no  hesitating  hand.  Whatever  the  merits  of  the 
strike  may  be,  they  will  not  and  cannot  be  considered  until  the  law  has 
been  reasserted  and  peaceful  conditions  restored. 


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A  WORD  TO  LAW-ABIDING  STRIKERS. 


EDITORIAL  CHICAGO   "EVENING   POST,"  JULY    lO,    1894. 

The  right  to  strike  individually  involves  the  right  to  combine.  It  does 
not  involve  the  right  to  intimidate,  either  individually  or  by  combination. 
A  federation  of  labor  has  the  same  basis  in  law  and  logic  as  a  federation 
of  capital.  The  one  cannot  legally  or  logically  go  a  step  farther  than  the 
other  in  the  advancement  of  its  interests.  Labor  has  no  more  right  to 
combine  to  prohibit  railway  workmen  from  working  along  a  particular  line 
of  railway  than  capital  has  to  combine  to  hold  its  employes  along  a  par- 
ticular line  in  enslaved  toil. 

These  are  axiomatic.  In  the  confusion  of  present  disturbances  we  are 
apt  to  lose  sight  of  them.  What  we  have  to  do  is  to  rid  our  minds  of  cant. 
The  presence  of  federal  troops  in  this  city  is  no  invasion  of  the  doctrine  of 
state  sovereignty.  They  are  here  to  guard  against  evils  which  were  clearly 
foreseen  by  the  statesmen  who  drafted  the  federal  constitution — to  main- 
tain the  inviolability  and  freedom  of  the  mails  and  that  unfettered  inter- 
state commerce  which  is  the  very  lifeblood  of  our  industrial  system.  At 
the  worst  Pullmanism  is  local  in  effect:  it  is  relatively  insignificant  in  in- 
fluence. Debsism  stands  for  a  gigantic  perversion  of  the  forces  which, 
properly  used,  must  work  out  magnificent  results  for  the  wage-earning 
members  of  society.  The  great  body  of  Americans  are  in  full  sympathy 
with  the  aspirations  of  the  workingman.  They  are  the  natural  allies,  not 
of  capital,  but  of  labor.  It  is  not  at  all  the  general  attitude  of  the  rank 
and  file  of  labor  which  calls  for  reprobation  to-day.  The  rank  and  file  is 
earnest,  thoughtful  and  law-abiding.  The  quarrel  is  between  the  forces  of 
law  and  order  and  the  selfish  and  insolent  leaders  who  thrive  upon  the 
losses  and  discredit  of  the  masses  and  gratify  a  detestable  and  un-Ameri- 
can passion  for  personal  power  at  the  expense  of  the  commonweal.  Not 
the  striker,  but  Debsism,  is  responsible  for  riot.  A  strike  may  be  a  means 
of  salvation.     Debsism  is  damnation. 

Debsism  is  not  lacking  in  genius;  but  misdirected  genius  in  circum- 
stances like  the  present  beats  dynamite  hollow  as  an  agent  of  disorder. 
Granting  without  reserve  that  the  strike  is  an  honest  attempt  on  the  part 
of  the  majority  of  its  participants  to  redress  a  grievance  or  to  enforce  a 
righteous  demand  through  the  "solidarity  of  labor  interests,"  it  is  not  the 
less  illogical  and  unjust  in  the  methods  of  its  executive  leaders— a  terrible 
and  intolerable  outrage  upon  hundreds  of  thousands  who  have  no  respon- 
sibility and  no  power.  Debsism  is  the  product  of  an  organized  passion  to 
redress  a  wrong  by  doing  another  a  thousandfold  greater. 


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IT  IS  INSURRPXTION. 

CHICAGO   "INTER   OCEAN,"  JULY  lO,  1894. 

The  American  Rail\va\  Union  is  not  only  in  insurrection  against  the 
authority  of  the  Federal  government,  but  it  has  adopted  tactics  consid- 
ered most  cruel  even  in  times  of  actual  war.  It  has  followed  the  example 
of  the  Germans  in  the  siege  of  Pans,  when  they  stopped  the  railways  in 
order  to  cut  off  supplies  from  the  French  capital.  The  men  now  in  insur- 
rection in  Chicago  began  with  a  boycott  on  the  Pullman  cars  as  a  theoret- 
ical grievance,  but  the  first  branch  of  the  railway  service  tied  up  was  that 
which  handles  freight.  They  stopped  all  freight  trains  to  cut  off  supplies 
from  Chicago  people  in  order  to  force  them  to  terms. 

In  the  last  few  days  these  would  be  rebels  have  gone  further  and  have 
attempted  to  stop  all  trains  bringing  food  supplies  into  the  city.  They 
have  sacked  cars  of  provisions  to  supply  themselves  with  the  comforts  of 
life,  and  they  have  compelled  the  provision  men  to  call  for  soldiers  to 
guard  the  butchers'  wagons  that  were  carrying  meat  from  the  Stock  Yards 
into  the  city  that  innocent  people  in  no  way  concerned  in  this  tight  should 
be  made  to  suffer  for  the  necessaries  of  life,  Sunday  hiorning  the  wagons 
from  Swift's  packing-house  were  attacked  for  no  other  reason  than  that 
they  were  bringing  meat  into  the  city  to  feed  the  hungry. 

This  is  a  strange  spectacle  in  a  city  where  the  leaders  of  the  strike 
protest  to  the  President  of  the  United  States  that  there  is  no  need  of 
soldiers,  for  their  followers  are  willing  to  assist  in  maintaining  the  suprem- 
acy of  law  and  arrest  all  violators  of  law.  It  was  not  strange  to  see  the 
Germans  besiege  Paris,  or  Grant  besiege  Richmond.  In  both  cases  there 
was  open  and  recognized  war.  They  were  entitled  to  use  war  measures, 
cruel  in  the  extreme,  but  recognized  as  a  part  of  the  tactics  of  war. 

There  is  but  one  explanation  to  this  siege  and  these  peculiar  tactics 
employed  by  the  American  Railway  Union,  and  that  is  that  it  is  practically 
at  war  against  the  Federal  government. 

With  such  an  issue  war  measures  are  necessary  on  the  part  of  the  gov- 
ernment. The  issue  having  been  made,  it  is  now  time  to  see  which  is  the 
greater,  this  American  Railway  Union  or  the  government  of  the  whole 
people.  Uncle  Sam  has  never  yet  surrendered  to  an  enemy.  If  he  is  to 
surrender  to  Debs  let  it  be  done  after  all  the  means  known  for  defense 
have  been  exhausted.  The  people  will  never  be  satisfied  to  lower  the  flag 
until  that  is  done. 


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FEATURES  AND  CONSEQUENCES  OF  THE  STRIKE. 


EDITORIAL   CHICA(;0    "TRIBUNE,"  JULY    I3,    1894. 

Boss  Debs  originally  professed  that  his  strike  at  the  railroads  was  only 
against  the  hauling  of  the  Pullman  cars.  As  late  as  June  26  he  declared 
that  the  railroads  he  was  after  were  the  Illinois  Central,  the  Northern  and 
Southern  Pacific,  the  Santa  Fe,  the  Chicago  Great  Western,  and  the 
Wisconsin  Central. 

He  said  that  if  those  roads  could  be  brought  to  terms  there  would  be 
no  trouble  with  the  smaller  ones,  as  they  would  surrender  to  his  demand. 
Subsequently  he  stated  that  his  object  of  bulldozing  the  roads  "was  to  be 
accomplished  without  violence,"  that  the  •■  walk-out  "  was  a  "  peaceable 
one,"  and  he  affirmed  the  right  of  other  men  to  take  the  places  vacated 
by  the  strikers.  He  pretended  to  be  confident  that  by  strictly  peaceable 
measures  the  strikers  could  bring  the  railroad  companies  down  on  their 
marrow  bones,  and  force  them  to  demand  that  Pullman  should  arbitrate 
his  wage  differences  with  his  car-building  employes. 

The  Tribune  of  June  29  predicted  that  Debs'  strike  would  not  be  con- 
ducted peaceably.  It  cited  the  bloody  riots  that  attended  the  recent  coal 
strike;  the  beating  of  men  ;  seizure  of  trains;  burning  of  bridges;  de- 
struction of  property,  and  other  diabolical  features  that  marked  ''a  species 
of  civil  war  in  a  dozen  different  states."  It  stated  that  there  had  been 
several  large  railroad  strikes  in  the  past,  "  and  it  had  always  happened 
that  they  have  resulted  in  disorder,  violence,  and  subsequent  bloodshed," 
and  that  this  must  be  expected  now. 

This  expectation  was  abundantly  Justilied.  The  strikers  assaulted 
men  hired  to  fill  the  places  they  had  vacated.  They  upset  cars,  burned 
bridges,  set  hre  to  trains,  assaulted  men  on  the  locomotives,  and  defied 
the  legal  authorities. 

They  were  not  content  to  stop  the  passage  of  trains  composed  in  part 
of  Pullman  cars,  but  even  attacked  those  hauling  the  Wagner  sleepers  on 
rival  lines.  They  did  not  confine  themselves  to  interfering  with  passenger 
travel,  but  attacked  mail  and  freight  cars,  caused  a  paralysis  of  business 
at  the  great  stock  yards,  at  the  wholesale  market  on  South  Water  street, 
at  many  manufactories,  the  men  working  in  which  had  to  be  laid  off  and 
sent  home  because  of  the  stoppage  of  freight  transportation  by  the  Debs 
strikers.  They  caused  a  lock-up  in  coal,  fruit,  vegetables,  ice,  grain,  live 
stock,  and  in  manufactured  products  which  it  was  desired  to  distribute  to 
consumers.  They  burned  and  otherwise  destroyed  property  worth  millions 
of  dollars  more  than  the  total  amount  demanded  by  the  Pullman  strikers, 
they  caused  an  interruption  of  commerce  and  manufacturing  industries 
amounting  to  a  loss  of  many  other  millions  in  the  aggregate,  and  necessi- 


tated  the  calling  out  of  federal  and  state  troops  to  prevent  them  from  car- 
rying further  the  work  of  destruction. 

All  this  will  have  to  be  paid  for  by  the  taxpayers  of  Chicago  and  the 
"county  of  Cook  ;  but  the  lives  lost  and  the  wages  which  could  not  l)e 
earned  by  the  many  who  wanted  to  work  through  the  strike,  but  could 
not,  never  will  be  made  good. 

Finally  the  strike  leaders,  not  contented  with  this  horrible  mischief,  and 
still  less  appalled  by  it,  proceeded  to  a  further  and  greater  enormity,  the 
calling  out  of  workers  generally  in  this  city  and  many  other  places  outside, 
some  of  them  proposing  that  the  diabolical  strike  be  made  to  extend  ever  the 
whole  nation.  They  deliberately  proposed  to  apply  the  starvation  thumb- 
screw to  the  million  and  a  half  of  residents  in  Chicago  in  order  to  force  them 
into  joining,  first  in  the  crusade  against  George  M.  Pullman,  and  secondly 
against  the  whole  railroad  system  of  the  country,  which  a  majority  of  the 
strikers  seem  to  foolishly  have  thought  could  be  "tied  up"  by  an  order 
from  Debs.  Had  the  order  been  obeyed  it  would  have  put  Chicago  in  the 
position  of  a  besieged  city  so  far  as  food  supplies  were  concerned. 

The  animus  of  the  latter  order  was  anarchy  and  nothing  less,  however 
it  may  have  been  with  the  first.  This  is  evident  from  the  language  of  the 
manifesto  put  forth  by  Sovereign.  He  said  he  believes  "  this  is  as  good  a 
time  as  any  to  bring  about  certain  needful  changes  in  our  industrial  condi- 
tions,'' and  what  those  are  perhaps  may  be  inferred  from  his  later  remark 
about  a  '•  result  in  an  industrial  revolution."  If  Sovereign  is  not  a  disciple 
of  Herr  Most  he  is  training  in  the  same  school  with  him  and  Lucy  Parsons, 
and  trying  to  carry  the  workingmen  of  the  country  with  him.  He  would 
do  better  to  save  his  exertions  for  some  more  worthy  cause.  The  Debs 
railroad  strike  is  hopelessly  lost  for  the  men  who  engaged  in  it.  The  roads 
are  again  in  good  running  order,  and  the  strikers  are  asking  for  their  old 
situations  in  greater  numbers  than  can  be  taken  on,  because  the  railroad 
managers  are  retaining  all  the  new  men  who  are  competent  to  do  the 
work  required  of  them.  Those  who  are  asked  to  join  in  the  more  general 
strike  against  this  city  should  consider  well  this  outcome  of  the  railroad 
struggle  before  deciding  to  invite  a  similar  disastrous  result  for  themselves. 
They  would  have  nothing  but  bitter  curses  for  Debs  and  Sovereign,  and 
the  whole  pack  of  salaried  professional  labor  agitators  if  they  should  ' '  walk 
out "  at  their  command  and  find  they  could  not  go  back  agam,  but  had 
lost  their  jobs  and  wages. 


DEBS'  DKATH   ROLL. 


EDITORIAL   CHICACO    "EVENING   JOURNAL,"  JULY    I9,    1894. 

Will  the  authorities  explain  why  such  distinguished  consideration  is 
shown  to  Eugene  V.  Debs  and  his  associate  prisoners  of  the  American 
Railway  Union  rebellion  that  they  should  hold  daily  levees  in  jail,  be 
taken  for  carriage  rides  when  other  prisoners  have  to  walk  the  corridors  for 
exercise,  and  hold  their  consultations  with  their  expensive  and  high-toned 
lawyers  at  the  Government  building  instead  of  at  the  jail  ? 

Upon  what  meat  has  this  Debs  fed  that  he  should  be  treated  any  differ- 
ent from  any  other  law-breaker  ?  Is  it  because  wholesale  lawlessness  is 
more  honorable  than  petty  thieving,  burglary  or  murder  that  the  men  who 
indulge  m  it  should  be  treated  with  special  privileges? 

Eugene  V.  Debs  and  his  fellow  prisoners  of  the  American  Railway 
LInion  are  responsible  for  the  violent  death  of  twenty-six  of  their  fellow 
citizens,  for  the  dangerous  wounding  of  sixty-eight  others  and  the  slight 
wounding  of  hundreds  more.  The  death  roll  alone  is  an  appalling  one. 
Let  the  authorities  who  are  treating  Debs  with  such  leniency  read  and 
ponder  this  list : 


Herbert  Letters, 
R.  Zeff, 

Joseph  Warjouski, 
Martha  Bach, 
John  Burke, 
John  Kronberg. 
Thomas  Jackson, 
John  Schultz, 
John  Schmidt, 
Carl  Fleischer, 
Dominic  Balmer, 


John  Saloli, 
Samuel  R.  Clark, 
Private  Byrne, 
Charles  Mohrman, 
Charles  Fleiche, 
Thomas  Crow, 
Edward  Doyle, 
Jeremiah  Donovan, 
Joseph  Galler, 
Fred  Stoltz, 
Five  Unknowns. 


The  blood  of  these  twenty-six  persons  is  as  much  on  the  head  of  Eugene 
V.  Debs  as  if  he  had  himself  fired  the  shot  or  misplaced  the  rail  that  sent 
them  to  eternity.  The  army  of  maimed  and  crippled  victims  of  strike 
violence  are  as  much  the  victims  of  Eugene  V.  Debs'  malice  as  if  he  had 
personally  stabbed,  shot  or  crushed  them. 

But  this  awful  death  roll  and  its  attendant  list  of  wounded  directly 
traceable  to  such  orders  of  Debs  as  '•  Save  your  money  and  buy  a  gun,"  is 
by  no  means  the  sum  of  his  responsibility.  The  sickness  and  death  at 
Pullman  indirectly  due  to  the  strike   is  also  chargeable  to  this  leader  of 


labor,  this  eloquent  friend  of  humanity,  this  petted  guest  of  the  jail 
officials. 

It  is  about  time  for  the  people  of  the  United  States  to  wake  up  from 
the  stupor  of  sentimentality  that  has  seized  upon  them  to  the  real  respon- 
sibility of  such  men  as  Debs  for  the  crimes  and  calamities  they  inflict 
upon  the  people.  It  is  time  that  homicide  committed  in  the  sacred  name 
of  labor  should  bring  swiftjustice  upon  the  man  or  men  who  do  not  hesitate 
to  pursue  unlawful  objects  through  the  blood  of  their  fellow  men.  It  is 
time  that  prisoners  who  wisli  to  masquerade  as  martyrs  should  taste  the 
real  penalties  of  outraged  law. 

While  Debs  and  his  associates  are  lolling  and  kissing  and  gourmand- 
izing  in  the  Cook  county  jail,  there  is  weeping  and  mourning,  starvation 
and  misery  among  their  victims  throughout  the  land  because  of  their 
heartless  abuse  of  power. 


DEBS. 

FRCiM   THE   N.   V.    "  SUN." 

Does  he  own  the  Earth, 

Or  merely  the 

United  States  of  America  ? 

If  he  does 

Where  in  thunder  did  he  get  it  at  ? 

And  how  ? 

If  he  is  running  the 

Government. 

What  does  he  want  to  side-track  it  for  ? 

Why  does  he  desire  to  blow 

The  cylinder-head  out  of  the  Constitution 

And  bust  a  cog  in  the  by-laws  ? 

Did  he  ever  hear  of  the 

Declaration  of  Independence, 

I  wonder, 

And  that  all  men  are  born 

With  some  sort  of  rights 

That  others  ought  to  respect 

To  some  slight  extent  ? 

Would  he  pull  the  tail  feathers  out  of 

The  American  Eagle  if  it  dared  to  squawk 

Against  the  A.  R.  U.? 

He  would. 


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Or  slug  Uncle  Sam  if  he  rode  in  a 

Pullman? 

You  bet. 

What  are  we  here  for  ? 

To  submit  to  Debs, 

Or  submit  to  law? 

If  eternal  vigilance  is  the 

Price  of  liberty, 

What's 'the  price  of  Debsism  ? 

And  how  much  of  it  do  we  get  ? 

If  we  are  a  nation. 

We  must  be  an  abomination 

In  the  Debsistic  eye,  and  we  ought  to  be  ditched. 

Ain't  that  so  ? 

Does  he  give  a  damn  for 

The  Union 

So  long  as  his  little 

Picayunion 

Comes  out  on  top  ? 

Why  doesn't  he  take  a  tumble  to  himself 

And  give  the  rest  of  the  country 

A  chance  for  its  white  alley  ? 

What  has  this  great  and  glorious 

Republic  of  ours 

Ever  done  to  him  ? 

Is  it  Pullman  or 

Patriotism 

Which  actuates  him  ? 

Is  he  what  our  forefathers 

Pought,  bled  and  died  to  establish  ? 

Or  is  he  Debs. 

Merely  Debs  ? 


THE  FEDERAL  AUTHORITY  AND  THE  STRIKE. 


FROM   THE   N.   Y.    "JOURNAL  OF   COMMERCE.'' 

The  exclusive  jurisdiction  of  the  Federal  Government  over  interstate 
commerce  has  for  several  years  been  laid  down  with  great  fullness  and 
emphasis  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States.  Up  to  a  few  years 
ago  the  favorite  doctrine  was  that  in  the  absence  of  Congressional  action 
the  states  were  free  to  do  what  they  liked  with  commerce  that  crossed  their 


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boundaries,  but  the  public  interests  outgrew  this  theory.  The  commerce 
between  the  states  became  so  vast,  and  the  interests  of  so  large  a  portion 
of  the  people  of  the  United  States  were  affected  by  its  operation  or  its 
interruption,  that  it  was  essential  that  a  larger  doctrine  should  be  declared; 
it  was  essential  that  interstate  commerce  should  be  subjected  to  the  nega- 
tive as  well  as  the  affirmative  action  of  Congress  in  order  that  there  might 
be  a  common  policy,  a  common  responsibility,  a  common  rule  of  conduct. 
Then  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  laid  down  the  rule  that  the 
authority  of  Congress  was  paramount  whether  exerted  or  not ;  that  if  Con- 
gress made  no  law  regarding  a  certain  phase  of  interstate  commerce  it  was 
to  be  inferred  that  Congress  had  decided  that  as  to  that  phase  there  should 
be  no  law. 

The  freedom  of  interstate  commerce  lies  at  the  very  basis  of  the  agree- 
ment between  the  states  which  makes  them  a  nation.  The  common  inter- 
est which  alone  holds  the  several  states  in  a  national  unity  could  not  sur- 
vive if  local  interests  could  be  permitted  to  check  the  free  course  of  traffic 
across  state  lines,  and  it  would  be  preposterous  if  mobs  could  be  permitted 
to  do  that  which  the  Supreme  Court  has  declared  that  state  legislatures 
may  not  do. 

At  about  the  same  time  that  the  court  of  last  resort  declared  that  the 
authority  of  Congress  over  interstate  commerce  was  not  only  paramount 
but  exclusive,  Congress  itself  took  action  that  threw  upon  the  Federal  Gov- 
ernment the  duty  of  protecting  the  agents  of  interstate  commerce  from 
local  interferences  of  all  sorts.  The  enactment  of  the  interstate  commerce 
law  took  from  the  railroad  companies  that  cross  state  boundaries,  by  their 
own  tracks,  or  constructively  by  means  of  through  shipments,  the  right  and 
power  of  regulating  their  own  affairs  and  by  their  own  action  alone,  or  in 
connection  with  the  governments  of  the  states  through  which  they  oper- 
ated, protecting  themselves  from  certam  forms  of  interference.  Congress 
certainly  could  not  bind  the  hands  of  the  state  authorities  and  the  railway 
companies  without  undertaking  to  do  for  them  what  they  were  forbidden 
to  do  for  themselves.  It  is  as  true  of  governments  as  of  individuals,  that 
power  carries  with  it  responsibility  and  the  exercise  of  authority  implies 
obligations. 

When  the  Supreme  Court  declared  that  Congress  alone  could  regulate 
interstate  commerce  and  when  Congress  passed  the  law  regulating  such 
commerce,  the  duty  of  protecting  interstate  commerce  was  acknowledged. 
The  duty  of  Congress  is  as  broad  as  its  power.  If  it  had  not  only  para- 
mount but  exclusive  power  to  regulate  commerce  between  the  states,  it  had 
not  only  the  paramount  but  the  exclusive  duty  of  protecting  that  com- 
merce. It  would  be  an  absurdity  to  suppose  that  the  courts,  the  army  and 
the  navy  of  the  nation  would  enforce  the  passage  of  a  letter  from  place  to 
place,  but  would  stand  idle  and  helpless  while  merchandise  and  even  citi- 


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zens  were  stopped  by  highwaymen,  who  are  none  the  less  highwaymen  be- 
cause they  do  not  pillage  openly  and  do  pretend  to  be  organized  laboring 
men. 

The  administration  is  to  be  congratulated  upon  its  courage  in  recogniz- 
ing the  logic  of  the  situation.  This  involves  an  apparent  departure  from 
the  precedent  that  the  federal  power  should  interfere  only  upon  the  appli- 
cation of  a  governor  :  it  involves  apparently  an  extension  of  the  powers  of 
the  Federal  Government,  to  whicli  the  party  now  in  power  has  always  been 
opposed.  In  reality  it  does  neither  of  these  things  ;  it  merely  applies  to 
the  present  interference  with  interstate  commerce  the  principle  imbedded 
in  the  Constitution,  the  very  cornerstone  of  national  existence  laid  by  the 
men  of  1787,  and  enunciated  by  the  Supreme  Court  and  Congress. 

What  this  means  is  that  in  the  protection  of  interstate  commerce  the 
President  will  not  wait  for  the  solicitation  of  state  authorities  ;  they  may 
be  over-confident  of  their  own  power,  or  they  may  be  over-awed  ;  the 
thing  threatened  is  not  within  their  jurisdiction  ;  it  is  interstate  commerce, 
the  regulation  and  protection  of  which  is  the  exclusive  charge  of  the  Fed- 
eral Government.  To  prevent  interference  with  it  the  Federal  courts  will, 
as  they  have  in  Chicago,  issue  their  decrees,  and  the  national  troops  will  be 
ordered  out  to  enforce  those  decrees.  The  mobs  that  attempt  to  suppress 
commerce,  destroy  property  and  interfere  with  the  movements  of  citizens 
of  the  United  States  are  to  find  themselves  face  to  face,  not  with  deputy 
sheriffs,  and  state  officials,  whose  political  associations  and  ambitions  may 
make  them  timid,  but  by  the  authority  centered  at  Washington,  which 
represents  the  whole  nation,  whose  judicial  agents  are  never  candidates  for 
re-election,  and  whose  armed  agents  come  from  every  section  of  the  country 
and  have  no  place  of  residence  except  the  United  States. 

The  man  whom  personal  vanity  and  love  of  power  leads  to  interfere 
with  interstate  commerce,  and  his  followers  who  are  half  his  dupes  and 
half  his  deceivers,  will  alike  find  themselves  resisting  the  United  States  of 
America,  and  if  they  use  weapons  therein  they  will  presently  discover  that 
they  are  in  the  act  of  levying  war  against  the  United  States. 

Uebs,  who  has  inflated  himself  till  he  has  made  the  mistake  of  Aesop's 
fabled  frogs  about  his  size,  will  presently  find  himself  beneath  the  hoof  of 
the  ox  whom  he  is  idiotically  challenging  to  combat. 


THE  FOLLY  OF  STRIKES. 

FROM   THE   N.    \.    "COMMERCIAL   ADVERTISER.'" 

For  level-headed  and  thoughtful  workingmen  there  is  much  food  for  re- 
flection between  the  covers  of  the  annual  report  of  the  Bureau  of  Statistics 
in  Pennsylvania.  It  embraces  only  the  past  year  and  does  not  take  in  the 
great  coal  strike,  otherwise  its  amply  significant  showing  would  be  much 
more  emphatic.  As  it  stands,  however,  the  report  shows  that  there  were 
fifty-three  strikes  in  the  state  within  the  past  year,  in  which  17,000  workmen 
were  involved  and  $1,395,423  in  wages  lost. 

These  figures  tell  the  old,  old  story  of  the  fatality  of  strikes,  to  which 
the  disastrous  results  of  Debs'  insurrection  adds  a  convincing,  thrilling  and 
bloody  chapter.  In  Great  Britain,  where  the  trades  are  altogether  more 
thoroughly  organized  than  they  are  here,  strikes  are  only  employed  as  a 
last  and  desperate  resort.  Strongly  confirmatory  of  that  judicious  policy 
is  the  course  pursued  by  one  of  the  strongest  of  all  labor  organizations,  the 
Brotherhood  of  Locomotive  Engineers. 

This  commendable  association  never  orders  its  members  to  give  up  their 
work  and  wages  until  every  other  means  of  settling  its  differences  with  em- 
ploying railroad  companies  has  been  absolutely  exhausted.  Neither  does 
it  make  absurd  demands.  Other  affiliated  organizations  also  found  out  long 
ago  the  lesson  taught  by  the  Pennsylvania  figures,  and  act  with  commend- 
able prudence. 

It  is  a  lamentable  fact  that  the  feat herheads such  as  Debs  and  Sovereign 
should  manage  to  acquire  the  power  they  do;  but  there  is  no  rule  of  ethics 
that  exempts  a  wage-earner  from  paying  the  penalty  of  his  folly  when  he 
places  himself  under  false  leadership,  any  more  than  it  does  the  rest  of  us. 
Sowing  the  wind  and  reaping  the  whirlwind  bring  like  results  to  all  classes 
and  conditions. 


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